CRITICAL
plone: privilege escalation for overwriting content without needing write permission
Published Jan 23, 2020
9.3
CRITICALCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.27%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
9.3 CRITICAL GHSA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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 None
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
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
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.
2.27% 0.02268
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02268
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.27% (0.02268) | 82.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.26% (0.02258) | 80.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.37% (0.00371) | 72.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.37% (0.00371) | 71.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 27, 2023 | 0.37% (0.00371) | 69.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 12, 2023 | 0.27% (0.00269) | 64.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00225) | 58.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 15.35% (0.15351) | 91.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 4.50% (0.04504) | 76.47th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 4.50% (0.04504) | 76.26th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 64.49th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (2)
References (11)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7941 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1798201 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6g9-xccc-347h Advisory
- 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7941
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-for-overwriting-content x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7941
- 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-2020-7941 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1798201 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6g9-xccc-347h | Advisory | |
| 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7941 | ||
| https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121 | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-for-overwriting-content | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7941 | ||
| 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-2020-7941
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-W6G9-XCCC-347H Updated n/a