Check Point Advisories

WordPress Code Snippets Plugin Cross Site Request Forgery (CVE-2020-8417)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-0034
Date Published:	3 Feb 2020
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 10 February, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-8417
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	WordPress Code Snippets plugin prior to 2.14.0
Vulnerability Description	A cross site request forgery vulnerability exists in WordPress Code Snippets plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in the execution of arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Code Snippets Plugin Cross Site Request Forgery (CVE-2020-8417) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: WordPress Code Snippets Plugin Cross Site Request Forgery (CVE-2020-8417)