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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-37241

bloofoxCMS 0.5.2.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions by tricking logged-in users into visiting malicious pages. Attackers can craft hidden forms targeting the admin user creation endpoint to add new administrative accounts with arbitrary credentials without requiring explicit user consent.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:28 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-37241

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 May 2026, 16:16 UTC

bloofoxCMS 0.5.2.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions by tricking logged-in users into visiting malicious pages. Attackers can craft hidden forms targeting the admin user creation endpoint to add new administrative accounts with arbitrary credentials without requiring explicit user consent.

osv:CVE-2020-37241
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-37241",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "bloofoxCMS 0.5.2.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions by tricking logged-in users into visiting malicious pages. Attackers can craft hidden forms targeting the admin user creation endpoint to add new administrative accounts with arbitrary credentials without requiring explicit user consent.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-37241",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "07798a556d9c310071b82c99902fd395c56c3334"
                }
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              "database_specific": {
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "0.5.2.1"
                  }
                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.5.2",
            "0.5.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-37241.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:21.794318613Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/alexlang24/bloofoxCMS/releases/tag/0.5.2.1",
        "https://www.bloofox.com/",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49507",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/bloofoxcms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-user-add"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385182,
  "published_at": "2026-05-16T16:16:20.35+00:00"
}