CVSS 9.83 sources verified·1 min read
By Lyrie Threat Intelligence·6/17/2026
CRITICAL: CVE-2020-7941 (CVSS 9.8) — plone plone
CVE: CVE-2020-7941
CVSS: 9.8 (3.1) — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: CRITICAL
Status: Critical advisory
Affected
- plone plone
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.
Verified Sources
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-for-overwriting-content
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-for-overwriting-content
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1
_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._
Lyrie Verdict
A vulnerability of this severity is exactly what Lyrie's anti-rogue-AI defense is built for: continuous, autonomous monitoring that doesn't wait for human reaction time.
Validated sources
- [1]NVD
- [2]GitHub Advisory
- [3]MITRE
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