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CVE-2020-7937

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An XSS issue in the title field in Plone 5.0 through 5.2.1 allows users with a certain privilege level to insert JavaScript that will be executed when other users access the site.

Affected products

• Plone CMS: from 5.0 through 5.2.1

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1
• https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121
• https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/xss-in-the-title-field-on-plone-5-0-and-higher
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1
• https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121
• https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/xss-in-the-title-field-on-plone-5-0-and-higher
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1

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