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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-4040 · published 8 June 2020

CVE-2020-4040: Boltcms bolt cross-site request forgery vulnerability

Boltcms · Bolt

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

4.3 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 1.8% · top 22.7% CWE-352 · Cross-site request forgery
4.3CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.3
1.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158299/Bolt-CMS-3.7.0-XSS-CSRF-Shell-Upload.html ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/4 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/bolt/bolt/commit/b42cbfcf3e3108c46a80581216ba03ef449e419f PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/bolt/bolt/pull/7853 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/bolt/bolt/security/advisories/GHSA-2q66-6cc3-6xm8 PatchThird Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158299/Bolt-CMS-3.7.0-XSS-CSRF-Shell-Upload.html ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/4 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/bolt/bolt/commit/b42cbfcf3e3108c46a80581216ba03ef449e419f PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/bolt/bolt/pull/7853 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/bolt/bolt/security/advisories/GHSA-2q66-6cc3-6xm8 PatchThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-4040), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-01). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.