CVE-2020-36740 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Radio Buttons for Taxonomies plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 2.0.5. This flaw, stemming from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the save_single_term() function, allows unauthenticated attackers to save terms if they can trick an administrator into clicking a malicious link. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:radio_buttons_for_taxonomies_project:radio_buttons_for_taxonomies:*:*:*:*:*: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, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.