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PYSEC-2026-459

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-06-29 11:50 - Updated: 2026-07-01 20:23

Details

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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    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

Impacted products

Name	purl
plone-app-contenttypes	pkg:pypi/plone-app-contenttypes

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  "id": "PYSEC-2026-459",
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  "published": "2026-06-29T11:50:32.119427Z",
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CVE-2020-7941 (GCVE-0-2020-7941)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-23 20:38 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:48

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/…	x_refsource_MISC
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privil…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

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GHSA-W6G9-XCCC-347H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:07 – Updated: 2024-10-18 21:53

Summary

Plone Unauthenticated Write Vulnerability

Details

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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    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

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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PYSEC-2026-459

CVE-2020-7941 (GCVE-0-2020-7941)

GHSA-W6G9-XCCC-347H

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