HIGH
plone: SQL injection due to insufficient SQL quoting in DTML or in connection objects
Published Jan 23, 2020
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 1.23%
Description
SQL Injection in DTML or in connection objects in Plone 4.0 through 5.2.1 allows users to perform unwanted SQL queries. (This is a problem in Zope.)
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
8.7 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality High
Vulnerable System Integrity High
Vulnerable System Availability High
Subsequent System Confidentiality None
Subsequent System Integrity None
Subsequent System Availability None
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.5 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.23% 0.01225
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01225
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.23% (0.01225) | 67.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.23% (0.01225) | 67.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00235) | 61.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 27, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00235) | 61.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00333) | 66.56th | 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) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 14.47% (0.14469) | 91.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 4.50% (0.04504) | 76.47th | v1 |
| 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-2020-7939 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1798204 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hhmf-7rgg-gcw5 Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2020-88.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7939
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/sql-injection-in-dtml-or-in-connection-objects x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7939
- 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-2020-7939 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1798204 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hhmf-7rgg-gcw5 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2020-88.yaml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7939 | ||
| https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121 | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/sql-injection-in-dtml-or-in-connection-objects | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7939 | ||
| 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-2020-7939
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-HHMF-7RGG-GCW5 Updated n/a