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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-7937

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.

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CVEs
CVE-2020-7937
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1 Nov 2026, 05:23 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-7937

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Jan 2020, 21:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2020-7937
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7937",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-7937",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      ],
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:28.106368759Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "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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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431975,
  "published_at": "2020-01-23T21:15:13.27+00:00"
}