CVE-2020-4040

CSRF issue on preview pages in Bolt CMS

Published: Jun 8, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-352

8.6HIGH

Description

Bolt CMS before version 3.7.1 lacked CSRF protection in the preview generating endpoint. Previews are intended to be generated by the admins, developers, chief-editors, and editors, who are authorized to create content in the application. But due to lack of proper CSRF protection, unauthorized users could generate a preview. This has been fixed in Bolt 3.7.1

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:CScope

Changed

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

Affected Products

boltcms

oss-projectaka bolt cms

boltOn-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

bolt

commercialaka bolt cms

boltOn-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

Packagist

package-ecosystem

bolt/bolt

OSS Libraries

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158299/Bolt-CMS-3.7.0-XSS-CSRF-Shell-Upload.html

packetstormsecurity.com

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/4

seclists.org

https://github.com/bolt/bolt/commit/b42cbfcf3e3108c46a80581216ba03ef449e419f

github.com

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