CVE-2020-36741 MultiVendorX – MultiVendor Marketplace Solution For WooCommerce <= 3.5.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass

What is CVE-2020-36741?

CVE-2020-36741 is a medium-severity vulnerability in wcmp MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solutions, published on 1 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36741?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Multivendorx Multivendorx.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36741?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36741 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-36741 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36741 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in wcmp MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solutions

• CVE-2025-0493 Path traversal in MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solutions Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-8289 Missing authorization in MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solutions Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-48261 WordPress MultiVendorX plugin <= 4.2.22 - Sensitive Data Exposure Vulnerability High 7.5
• CVE-2024-31304 WordPress MultiVendorX Marketplace <= 4.1.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability High 7.1
• CVE-2025-48263 WordPress MultiVendorX plugin <= 4.2.22 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4hmj-qm7w-ccv8.