CVE-2020-7938: PYSEC-2026-2889 - Plone Privilege Escallation

CVE-2020-7938 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2026-07-09

Plone Privilege Escallation

Technologies: plone (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2020-7938 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2020-7938 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2020-7938?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 9 July 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
plone (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.2.0,fixed=5.2.2; plone.restapi (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=6.2.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2020-7938?
Yes. plone (PyPI): upgrade to 5.2.2 or later; plone.restapi (PyPI): upgrade to 6.2.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2020-7938?
Check whether you run plone (PyPI) or plone.restapi (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • plone (PyPI): upgrade to 5.2.2 or later
    pip install "plone>=5.2.2"
  • plone.restapi (PyPI): upgrade to 6.2.1 or later
    pip install "plone.restapi>=6.2.1"

Affected products

  • plone (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.2.0,fixed=5.2.2
  • plone.restapi (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=6.2.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2020-7938
  • GHSA-cjg3-q24h-9qwf
  • PYSEC-2020-87
  • PYSEC-2026-2889

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