Htaccess <= 1.8.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2020-8658
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published February 1, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher V1n1v131r4
Description

The BestWebSoft Htaccess plugin through 1.8.1 for WordPress allows wp-admin/admin.php?page=htaccess.php&action=htaccess_editor CSRF. The flag htccss_nonce_name passes the nonce to WordPress but the plugin does not validate it correctly, resulting in a wrong implementation of anti-CSRF protection. In this way, an attacker is able to direct the victim to a malicious web page that modifies the .htaccess file, and takes control of the website.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug htaccess (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8.1
Patched Version
  • 1.8.2
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