PYSEC-2026-2889

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-09 16:49 - Updated: 2026-07-13 16:05
VLAI
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.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.7 (High)
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
Impacted products
Name purl
plone-restapi pkg:pypi/plone-restapi
Aliases
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "plone-restapi",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/plone-restapi"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.2.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.0.0",
        "1.0a1",
        "1.0a10",
        "1.0a11",
        "1.0a12",
        "1.0a13",
        "1.0a14",
        "1.0a15",
        "1.0a16",
        "1.0a17",
        "1.0a18",
        "1.0a19",
        "1.0a2",
        "1.0a20",
        "1.0a21",
        "1.0a22",
        "1.0a23",
        "1.0a24",
        "1.0a25",
        "1.0a3",
        "1.0a4",
        "1.0a5",
        "1.0a6",
        "1.0a7",
        "1.0a8",
        "1.0a9",
        "1.0b1",
        "1.1.0",
        "1.2.0",
        "1.3.0",
        "1.3.1",
        "1.4.0",
        "1.4.1",
        "1.5.0",
        "1.6.0",
        "2.0.0",
        "2.0.1",
        "2.1.0",
        "2.2.0",
        "2.2.1",
        "3.0.0",
        "3.1.0",
        "3.2.0",
        "3.2.1",
        "3.2.2",
        "3.3.0",
        "3.4.0",
        "3.4.1",
        "3.4.2",
        "3.4.3",
        "3.4.4",
        "3.4.5",
        "3.5.0",
        "3.5.1",
        "3.5.2",
        "3.6.0",
        "3.7.0",
        "3.7.1",
        "3.7.2",
        "3.7.3",
        "3.7.4",
        "3.7.5",
        "3.8.0",
        "3.8.1",
        "3.9.0",
        "4.0.0",
        "4.1.0",
        "4.1.1",
        "4.1.2",
        "4.1.3",
        "4.1.4",
        "4.2.0",
        "4.3.0",
        "4.3.1",
        "4.4.0",
        "4.5.0",
        "4.5.1",
        "4.6.0",
        "5.0.0",
        "5.0.1",
        "5.0.2",
        "5.0.3",
        "5.1.0",
        "6.0.0",
        "6.1.0",
        "6.2.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-7938",
    "GHSA-cjg3-q24h-9qwf"
  ],
  "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.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-2889",
  "modified": "2026-07-13T16:05:35.444391Z",
  "published": "2026-07-09T16:49:47.293067Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7938"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/plone/plone.restapi/issues/857"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/plone/plone.restapi/pull/859"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2020-87.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-when-plone-restapi-is-installed"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/plone-restapi"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cjg3-q24h-9qwf"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Plone Privilege Escallation"
}



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