Cross-site request forgery in WPML Multilingual CMS - CVE-2020-10568
Published: March 16, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26085
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10568
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OnTheGoSystems
Affected software:
WPML Multilingual CMS
WPML Multilingual CMS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to a loose comparison in the "installer_download_plugin" action. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website, such as execute arbitrary code on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-10568
Install update from vendor's website.