CVE-2020-36740

HIGH 8.8CVE-2020-36740 · Published 01/07/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-36740 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting radio buttons for taxonomies (radio buttons for taxonomies project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.47%, higher than 41.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
radio buttons for taxonomies radio_buttons_for_taxonomies_project	`≤ 2.0.5`	No fix yet

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.

References

blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks · Third Party Advisory
blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks · Third Party Advisory
blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1 · Third Party Advisory
blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2 · Third Party Advisory
blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3 · Third Party Advisory
blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4 · Third Party Advisory
blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5 · Third Party Advisory
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