Security advisory

{
  "id": "df89224f506f084980a32d38ae912dbfaa919cf1b0e4f423d2addc1c8cce8f4b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4040",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-4040",
    "summary": "Bolt CMS before version 3.7.1 lacked CSRF protection in the preview generating endpoint. Previews are intended to be generated by the admins, developers, chief-editors, and editors, who are authorized to create content in the application. But due to lack of proper CSRF protection, unauthorized users could generate a preview. This has been fixed in Bolt 3.7.1",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-4040",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-4040",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-4040",
        "GHSA-2q66-6cc3-6xm8"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/bolt/bolt",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "e46638dc59da2c3f899e9132d455cbcda9260e89"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "b42cbfcf3e3108c46a80581216ba03ef449e419f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:boltcms:bolt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.7.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "b42cbfcf3e3108c46a80581216ba03ef449e419f"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.7.0",
            "v3.6.11",
            "v3.6.10",
            "v3.6.9",
            "v3.6.8",
            "v3.6.7",
            "v3.6.6",
            "v3.6.5",
            "v3.6.4",
            "v3.6.3",
            "v3.6.2",
            "v3.6.1",
            "v3.6.0",
            "v3.6.0-beta.7",
            "v3.6.0-beta.6",
            "v3.6.0-beta.4",
            "v3.6.0-beta.3",
            "v3.6.0-beta.2",
            "v3.6.0-beta.1",
            "v2.1.0",
            "v2.0.5",
            "v2.0.4",
            "v2.0.3",
            "v2.0.2",
            "v2.0.1",
            "v2.0.0",
            "v1.4.3",
            "v1.4.0",
            "v1.2.1",
            "v1.1.4",
            "v1.1.2",
            "v1.0.0",
            "v0.9.10",
            "v0.9.5",
            "v0.8.5",
            "v0.8.4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-4040.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:50:39.248397757Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/bolt/bolt/commit/b42cbfcf3e3108c46a80581216ba03ef449e419f",
        "https://github.com/bolt/bolt/pull/7853",
        "https://github.com/bolt/bolt/security/advisories/GHSA-2q66-6cc3-6xm8"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:boltcms:bolt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "boltcms:bolt",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "fixed": "3.7.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-4040",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 442402,
  "published_at": "2020-06-08T22:15:10.603+00:00"
}