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GHSA-cjg3-q24h-9qwf | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceGHSA-cjg3-q24h-9qwf

GHSA-cjg3-q24h-9qwf

HIGH8.8

Plone Privilege Escallation

Published May 24, 2022

Modified 2 years ago

Fix available

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.

Affected Packages

Plone

PyPI

Fixed in:

5.2.2

plone.restapi

PyPI

Fixed in:

6.2.1

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cjg3-q24h-9qwf

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7938

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

Aliases

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v4.0

8.7

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Attack Requirements

NoneAT:N

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Vulnerable System

Vuln. Confidentiality

HighVC:H

Vuln. Integrity

HighVI:H

Vuln. Availability

HighVA:H

Subsequent System

Subseq. Confidentiality

NoneSC:N

Subseq. Integrity

NoneSI:N

Subseq. Availability

NoneSA:N

8.7/CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Related

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMay 24, 2022

ModifiedOct 18, 2024