CVE-2020-7938 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting plone.restapi in Plone versions 5.2.0 through 5.2.1, allowing users with specific privileges to elevate their access to the highest level. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.2.0, <= 5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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