Vulnerability CVE-2020-36738


Published: 2023-07-01

Description:
The Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.0.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ctl_save() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save field icons via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Type:

CWE-352

(Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF))

 References:
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ce7c895-e94c-46bd-9de1-f5fde29c3475?source=cve
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/
https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2368335/cool-timeline/trunk/fa-icons/fa-icons-class.php
https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/

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