CVE-2020-36741

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2020-36741 · Published 01/07/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-36741 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting multivendorx (multivendorx).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.38%, higher than 32.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
multivendorx multivendorx	`≤ 3.5.7`	No fix yet

Description

The MultiVendorX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.5.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the submit_comment() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to submit comments 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
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dc-woocommerce-multi-vendor/tags/3.5.8/classes/class-wcmp-vendor-dashboard.php

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