{"id":"CVE-2020-7941","aliases":["PYSEC-2026-459","GHSA-w6g9-xccc-347h","PYSEC-2020-90"],"title":"Plone Unauthenticated Write Vulnerability","summary":"Plone Unauthenticated Write Vulnerability","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"plone-app-contenttypes","product":"plone-app-contenttypes","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["plone-app-contenttypes < 2.1.6"],"patched":["plone-app-contenttypes 2.1.6"],"published":"2026-06-29","updated":"2026-09-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-10T11:15:08.801698543Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-459","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7941"},{"url":"https://github.com/plone/plone.app.contenttypes"},{"url":"https://github.com/plone/plone.app.contenttypes/blob/master/CHANGES.rst?plain=1#L372-L374"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2020-90.yaml"},{"url":"https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121"},{"url":"https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-for-overwriting-content"},{"url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1"},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/plone-app-contenttypes"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6g9-xccc-347h"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.02268,"epssPercentile":0.82089,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-12T03:13:01.733Z","slug":"CVE-2020-7941","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `plone-app-contenttypes < 2.1.6`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `plone-app-contenttypes 2.1.6`","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.5,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}