CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-37241

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

bloofoxCMS 0.5.2.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions by tricking logged-in users into visiting malicious pages. Attackers can craft hidden forms targeting the admin user creation endpoint to add new administrative accounts with arbitrary credentials without requiring explicit user consent.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes unauthorized changes to CMS configuration, including adding administrator accounts, which can lead to full system compromise and data confidentiality breach.

Recommendation

It is recommended to implement CSRF tokens in all forms and endpoints, and to educate users about clicking suspicious links.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

bloofoxCMS 0.5.2.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions by tricking logged-in users into visiting malicious pages. Attackers can craft hidden forms targeting the admin user creation endpoint to add new administrative accounts with arbitrary credentials without requiring explicit user consent.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS