Vulnerability CVE-2020-7941
Published: 2020-01-23   Modified: 2020-01-24

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.

Type:

CWE-269

 (Improper Privilege Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Plone -> Plone 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-for-overwriting-content
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1
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