Check Point Advisories

WordPress BestWebSoft Htaccess Plugin Cross Site Request Forgery (CVE-2020-8658)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2020-3644
Date Published: 3 Jan 2023
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 03 January, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2020-8658
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress BestWebSoft Htaccess Plugin version 1.8.1 and below
Vulnerability Description A Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability exists in WordPress BestWebSoft Htaccess plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow arbitrarily edit of the contents in the htaccess file and take control of the website.

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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress BestWebSoft Htaccess Plugin Cross Site Request Forgery (CVE-2020-8658) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  WordPress BestWebSoft Htaccess Plugin Cross Site Request Forgery (CVE-2020-8658)

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