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CVE-2020-7939

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7939 describes a high-severity SQL Injection vulnerability (CWE-89) affecting Plone versions 4.0 through 5.2.1, specifically within DTML or connection objects, which is rooted in Zope. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0.0, <= 5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0121 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-hhmf-7rgg-gcw5high

Plone SQL Injection Vulnerability

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2020-7939Moderate

plone: SQL injection due to insufficient SQL quoting in DTML or in connection objects

Jan 23, 2020

References

plone.org / security/hotfix/20200121
Vendor Advisory
plone.org / security/hotfix/20200121/sql-injection-in-dtml-or-in-connection-objects
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