Cross-site request forgery in WPML Multilingual CMS - CVE-2020-10568
Published: March 16, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26085
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10568
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
WPML Multilingual CMS
How to mitigate CVE-2020-10568
Install update from vendor's website.
WPML Multilingual CMS - update to 4.3.7-b.2