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CVE-2020-4040
CSRF issue on preview pages in Bolt CMS
High8.6EPSS 1.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
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
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistbolt/boltGHSA-2q66-6cc3-6xm8 (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://github.com/bolt/bolt/security/advisories/GHSA-2q66-6cc3-6xm8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/bolt/bolt/pull/7853 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/bolt/bolt/commit/b42cbfcf3e3108c46a80581216ba03ef449e419f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158299/Bolt-CMS-3.7.0-XSS-CSRF-Shell-Upload.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20200703 Bolt CMS <= 3.7.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities - CSRF to RCE (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-2q66-6cc3-6xm8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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