CVE-2020-36747 Lightweight Sidebar Manager <= 1.1.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can modify sidebar data by tricking administrators into clicking a link due to missing nonce validation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-36747?

CVE-2020-36747 is a medium-severity vulnerability in brainstormforce Lightweight Sidebar Manager, 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 Lightweight Sidebar Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.1.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the metabox_save() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save metbox data 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-2020-36747?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Brainstormforce Lightweight Sidebar Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36747?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36747 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-36747 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36747 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xfqh-m23f-79gx.

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