CVE-2020-36740

The Radio Buttons for Taxonomies plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save_single_term() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save terms via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/	Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/	Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/	Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/	Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/	Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2368215%40radio-buttons-for-taxonomies&new=2368215%40radio-buttons-for-taxonomies&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	Not Applicable
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/26a246c3-cf67-4566-b1e8-dc14c3c5c827?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:radio_buttons_for_taxonomies_project:radio_buttons_for_taxonomies:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-07-01 05:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 03:22

NVD link : CVE-2020-36740

Mitre link : CVE-2020-36740

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-36740

JSON object : View

Products Affected

radio_buttons_for_taxonomies_project

radio_buttons_for_taxonomies

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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