CVE-2020-27225

7.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.8) in eclipse platform. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In versions 4.18 and earlier of the Eclipse Platform, the Help Subsystem does not authenticate active help requests to the local help web server, allowing an unauthenticated local attacker to issue active help commands to the associated Eclipse Platform process or Eclipse Rich Client Platform process.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 26% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-306
Published: 2021-03-09
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

eclipse:platform

References

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=569855
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=569855

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