# CVE-2020-23960: Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Admin Console in Fork before 5.8.3 allows remote attackers to perform unau

- Also known as: GHSA-PVGF-MRR4-CW7R
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.8.3
- Published: 2021-01-11 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- forkcms/forkcms (Packagist): fixed in 5.8.3

## Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Admin Console in Fork before 5.8.3 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as administrator to (1) approve the mass of the user's comments, (2) restoring a deleted user, (3) installing or running modules, (4) resetting the analytics, (5) pinging the mailmotor api, (6) uploading things to the media library, (7) exporting locale.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, forkcms/forkcms, upgrade to a fixed version (5.8.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/forkcms/forkcms/pull/3123
- https://www.fork-cms.com/blog/detail/fork-5.8.3-released

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