CVE-2020-7941

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.27% (83rd) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

8 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USCWE-269US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Plone Team Plone4.0 → 4.3.15fstec_bduRU
Plone Team Plone5.0 → 5.2.1fstec_bduRU
plone plone4.3.0 → 5.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI plone4.3 → 5.2.1osvUSpkg:pypi/plone
PyPI plone4.3 → 5.2.2osvUSpkg:pypi/plone
PyPI plone-app-contenttypesall versionsosvUSpkg:pypi/plone-app-contenttypes
PyPI plone-app-contenttypes< 2.1.6osvUSpkg:pypi/plone-app-contenttypes

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-w6g9-xccc-347hPlone Unauthenticated Write Vulnerability2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2020-902020-01-23vendor · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2026-459Plone Unauthenticated Write Vulnerability2026-06-29vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (9)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-01-23modified 2026-06-17

references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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