CVE-2020-7940

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 67.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-01-23 20:38Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 09:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-01-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-521Weak Password RequirementsBase
• CWE-522Insufficiently Protected CredentialsClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

aa886de807f8657c699870b2a0f3866dfabd5abb7cb784a4d60103222ebe7a9a

• plone.orghttps://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121x_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1x_refsource_MISC
• plone.orghttps://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/password-strength-checks-were-not-always-checkedx_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200124 Re: Plone security hotfix 20200121http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST