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CVE-2020-7938

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Date: January 23, 2020

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.

Language: Python

Severity Score

8.8

Related Resources (10)

Url: https://github.com/plone/plone.restapi/pull/859

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7938

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7938

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1

Url: https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-when-plone-restapi-is-installed

Url: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1

Url: https://github.com/plone/plone.restapi/issues/857

Url: https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2020-87.yaml

Url: https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-7938

Severity Score

8.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-269

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version Plone - 5.2.2

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	SINGLE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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