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CVE-2020-7937

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7937 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Plone versions 5.0 through 5.2.1, specifically within the title field. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.4) allows authenticated users with specific privileges to inject malicious JavaScript, which executes when other users view the affected site. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the potential for client-side compromise exists.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0, <= 5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-8mc4-2xrc-g582medium

Plone cross site scripting (XSS)

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2020-7937Moderate

plone: XSS in the title field

Jan 23, 2020

References

plone.org / security/hotfix/20200121
Vendor Advisory
plone.org / security/hotfix/20200121/xss-in-the-title-field-on-plone-5-0-and-higher
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1
Third Party Advisory