# CVE-2020-23960: Cross-Site Request Forgery in ForkCMS

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-23960-cross-site-request-forgery-in-forkcms  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2021-05-06  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2020-23960 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2021-05-06

Cross-Site Request Forgery in ForkCMS

Technologies: [forkcms/forkcms (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/forkcms-forkcms). Vendors: [Packagist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/packagist).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2020-23960 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2020-23960 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2020-23960?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 6 May 2021.

**Which products and versions are affected?** forkcms/forkcms (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=5.8.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2020-23960?** Yes. forkcms/forkcms (Packagist): upgrade to 5.8.3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2020-23960?** Check whether you run forkcms/forkcms (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- forkcms/forkcms (Packagist): upgrade to 5.8.3 or later

  ```sh
  composer require forkcms/forkcms:^5.8.3
  ```


## Affected products

- forkcms/forkcms (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=5.8.3

## Identifiers

- CVE-2020-23960
- GHSA-pvgf-mrr4-cw7r

## Related threats

- [ForkCMS stored XSS via `start_date` parameter](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-35585-forkcms-stored-xss-via-start-date-parameter)
- [ForkCMS XSS via `publish_on_time` parameter](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-35589-forkcms-xss-via-publish-on-time-parameter)
- [ForkCMS XSS via `end_date` parameter](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-35590-forkcms-xss-via-end-date-parameter)
- [ForkCMS XSS via `publish_on_date` parameter](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-35587-forkcms-xss-via-publish-on-date-parameter)
- [Fork CMS Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-13633-fork-cms-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability)