TI-2020-14445 Aliases CVE-2020-23049 GHSA-3374-7h99-xr85

Fork CMS Content Management System v5.8.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site…

LOW 25CWE-79Published 2021-10-22 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Fork CMS Content Management System v5.8.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the `Displayname` field when using the `Add`, `Edit` or `Register' functions. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00595 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed forkcms/forkcms (Packagist): 5.8.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	forkcms/forkcms (Packagist)	before 5.8.1	5.8.1	Patch available	GHSA-3374-7h99-xr85

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
forkcms/forkcms (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 5.8.1 Fixed in 5.8.1 Patch available GHSA-3374-7h99-xr85

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:5.8.0:::::::*	5.8.0	Vulnerable	forkcms

cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.8.0 Vulnerable ·forkcms

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-3374-7h99-xr85 forkcms/forkcms (Packagist) Fixed in 5.8.1 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-23049
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3374-7h99-xr85

References

Exploit 1

https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=2208

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-23049

Other 2

TI-2019-11621 Spoon Library through 2014-02-06, as used in Fork CMS before 1.4.1 and other products… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-14780 PHP object injection in the Ajax endpoint of the backend in ForkCMS below version 5.8.3… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-00960 SQL injection through marking blog comments on bulk as spam in forkcms/forkcms CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-09868 Arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Fork CMS 5.9.2 allows attackers to create or… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2020-14742 Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Admin Console in Fork… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2020-14508 Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Fork-CMS before 5.8.2 allow remote attackers to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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