GHSA-cjg3-q24h-9qwf

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    GHSA-cjg3-q24h-9qwf

    Published: 24 May 2022Last Modified: 13 Jul 2026

    Summary: Plone Privilege Escallation

    Details: plone.restapi in Plone 5.2.0 through 5.2.1 allows users with a certain privilege level to escalate their privileges up to the highest level.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7938, https://github.com/plone/plone.restapi/issues/857, https://github.com/plone/plone.restapi/pull/859, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2020-87.yaml, https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121, https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-when-plone-restapi-is-installed, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: plone-restapi

    Purl: pkg:pypi/plone-restapi

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.2.1

    Affected versions

    1.0.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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