CVE-2020-36740

4.3 MEDIUM
Published: July 01, 2023 Modified: April 08, 2026
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Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
Source: security@wordfence.com
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
Source: security@wordfence.com
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/
Source: security@wordfence.com
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/
Source: security@wordfence.com
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/
Source: security@wordfence.com
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/
Source: security@wordfence.com
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/
Source: security@wordfence.com
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=
Source: security@wordfence.com
Not Applicable
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/26a246c3-cf67-4566-b1e8-dc14c3c5c827?source=cve
Source: security@wordfence.com
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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=
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/26a246c3-cf67-4566-b1e8-dc14c3c5c827?source=cve
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
4.3 / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352 CWE-352

Affected Vendors

radio_buttons_for_taxonomies_project

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