Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2020-18460 is a CSRF flaw in 711cms v1.0.7 that may let an attacker cause an authenticated administrator to add another admin account. If successful, this can turn a user interaction into administrative takeover of the CMS.
Executive priority
Prioritize review if 711cms v1.0.7 is in use. The business risk is account takeover of the CMS, but urgency depends on actual deployment and admin-interface exposure.
Technical view
The CVE record describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery issue in 711cms v1.0.7 involving the administrative account-management path admin.php?c=Admin&m=content. The source bundle does not provide CVSS, patch details, exploit evidence, or affected-version range beyond v1.0.7.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to organizations running 711cms v1.0.7, especially where the admin interface is reachable and administrators browse untrusted content while authenticated.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. CSRF generally depends on a logged-in administrator being induced to trigger an unauthorized state-changing request.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: the source bundle provides the CVE description and a GitHub issues reference, but no specific advisory, CVSS vector, patch version, or proof of active exploitation.
Mitigation direction
- Check vendor or maintainer guidance for a fixed 711cms release.
- Restrict access to the 711cms admin interface to trusted networks or VPN.
- Review administrator accounts and remove any unauthorized users.
- Ensure admin account changes require CSRF protection and strong session controls.
- Back up the site before applying any CMS update or configuration change.
Validation and detection
- Inventory CMS instances and confirm whether 711cms v1.0.7 is present.
- Identify whether the admin interface is internet-accessible.
- Review admin account creation history for unexpected entries.
- Check administrative forms for anti-CSRF token enforcement.
- Confirm administrators use separate browsing sessions for privileged CMS work.
Public sources used
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- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/linchg/711cms/issues/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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