CVE-2020-7941
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
A privilege escalation issue in plone.app.contenttypes in Plone 4.3 through 5.2.1 allows users to PUT (overwrite) some content without needing write permission.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | plone | >=4.3,<=5.2.1 | |
| PyPI | plone-app-contenttypes | | |
| PyPI | plone | >=4.3,<5.2.2 | 5.2.2 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7941
- https://github.com/plone/plone.app.contenttypes
- https://github.com/plone/plone.app.contenttypes/blob/master/CHANGES.rst?plain=1#L372-L374
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2020-90.yaml
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-for-overwriting-content
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.