CVE-2020-7936

Description

An open redirect on the login form (and possibly other places) in Plone 4.0 through 5.2.1 allows an attacker to craft a link to a Plone Site that, when followed, and possibly after login, will redirect to an attacker's site.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.34%
Vendor Advisory plone.org Vendor Advisory plone.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/an-open-redirection-on-the-login-form-and-possibly-other-places vendor advisory
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121 vendor advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-7936?
CVE-2020-7936 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-7936?
To fix CVE-2020-7936, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-7936 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-7936 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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