CVE-2020-36738 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Cool Timeline WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 2.0.2. This flaw stems from inadequate nonce validation in the ctl_save() function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to save field icons if they can trick an administrator into clicking a malicious link. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in low integrity impact (data modification). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:coolplugins:cool_timeline:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.