SB2020020606 - Cross-site request forgery in Htaccess by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress
Published: February 6, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020020606
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8658)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists within the "htccss_nonce_name" flag due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in "wp-admin/admin.php?page=htaccess.php&action=htaccess_editor". A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page that modifies the .htaccess file and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.