Bug 1798201 (CVE-2020-7941)

Summary:	CVE-2020-7941 plone: privilege escalation for overwriting content without needing write permission
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	cluster-maint, rmccabe
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Doc Text:	A privilege escalation flaw was found in plone in versions 4.3 through 5.2.1. Users are allowed to PUT (overwrite) some content without needing write permissions. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.	Story Points:	---
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2020-02-04 19:30:51 UTC

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.

References:
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-for-overwriting-content
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121

Comment 1 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-03-13 16:31:45 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-7941