CVE-2020-7937 (GCVE-0-2020-7937)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-23 20:38 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:48
VLAI
Summary
An XSS issue in the title field in Plone 5.0 through 5.2.1 allows users with a certain privilege level to insert JavaScript that will be executed when other users access the site.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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