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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-23 20:38 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:48
VLAI
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
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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