Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
ThinkCMF 6.0.7 has a high-severity CSRF flaw that can cause a logged-in Super Administrator to unintentionally create or inject another administrative user. Business risk is unauthorized administrator access if an admin is tricked into interacting with attacker-controlled content.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority for any internet-facing or business-critical ThinkCMF administration environment. The main concern is rapid privilege gain through administrator deception, but evidence of active exploitation is not provided.
Technical view
CVE-2022-40489 is CWE-352 in ThinkCMF 6.0.7. The CVSS 3.1 score is 8.8 with network attack vector, low complexity, required user interaction, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. The provided metadata has incomplete affected-product fields, but the description identifies ThinkCMF 6.0.7.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant to organizations running ThinkCMF 6.0.7, especially where administrators use active sessions while browsing email or external sites. The bundle does not identify other affected versions or CPEs.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation requires user interaction and appears to depend on a Super Administrator being induced to trigger an unintended administrative action.
Researcher notes
The public bundle is sparse: it names ThinkCMF 6.0.7, CWE-352, and impact, but the affected-product fields are placeholders. Validate against the linked GitHub issue and vendor releases before broad version claims.
Mitigation direction
- Check the ThinkCMF issue and project release notes for vendor-confirmed fixes or workarounds.
- Prioritize upgrading from ThinkCMF 6.0.7 if a fixed release is identified by the vendor.
- Restrict administrator access paths to trusted networks where operationally feasible.
- Review and remove unauthorized administrator or Super Administrator accounts.
- Train administrators to avoid using active admin sessions while opening untrusted links.
Validation and detection
- Inventory ThinkCMF deployments and confirm whether version 6.0.7 is present.
- Review administrative user lists for unexpected Super Administrator accounts.
- Inspect admin account creation history for unexplained changes.
- Check vendor issue tracking for updated affected-version and fix information.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/thinkcmf/thinkcmf/issues/736CVE reference
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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
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