MEDIUM
plone: XSS in the title field
Published Jan 23, 2020
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 4.0
EPSS 0.81%
Description
An XSS issue in the title field in Plone 5.0 through 5.2.1 allows users with a certain privilege level to insert JavaScript that will be executed when other users access the site.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
5.3 MEDIUM GHSA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Passive
Vulnerable System Confidentiality None
Vulnerable System Integrity None
Vulnerable System Availability None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Low
Subsequent System Integrity Low
Subsequent System Availability None
5.4 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
3.5 LOW NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.81% 0.00809
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00809
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.81% (0.00809) | 55.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.81% (0.00809) | 55.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00118) | 46.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 27, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00118) | 45.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.17% (0.00168) | 51.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.87% (0.03867) | 68.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 4.50% (0.04504) | 76.26th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 65.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7937 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1798206 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8mc4-2xrc-g582 Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2020-86.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7937
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/xss-in-the-title-field-on-plone-5-0-and-higher x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7937
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7937 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1798206 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8mc4-2xrc-g582 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2020-86.yaml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7937 | ||
| https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121 | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/xss-in-the-title-field-on-plone-5-0-and-higher | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7937 | ||
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1 | x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 23, 2020
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Jan 23, 2020
Link CVE-2020-7937
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-8MC4-2XRC-G582 Updated n/a