CVE-2020-7938
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 23, 2020 at 08:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPlone
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
plone.restapi in Plone 5.2.0 through 5.2.1 allows users with a certain privilege level to escalate their privileges up to the highest level.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-when-plone-restapi-is-installedx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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