# CVE-2020-36761: Top 10 <= 2.9.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass

> Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into exporting top 10 tables via CSRF, exposing data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2xcx-834w-fp84

## What is CVE-2020-36761?

CVE-2020-36761 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ajay WebberZone Top 10 — Popular Posts, published on 12 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 Top 10 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.10.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the tptn_export_tables() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to generate an export of the top 10 table via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36761?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Webberzone Top 10.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-36761?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36761 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-36761 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36761 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ajay WebberZone Top 10 — Popular Posts

- [CVE-2023-25993](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25993/): WordPress Top 10 – Popular posts plugin for WordPress plugin <= 3.2.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2023-47238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47238/): WordPress Top 10 Plugin <= 3.3.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-36761 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-36761 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ajay WebberZone Top 10 — Popular Posts, published on 12 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36761 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ajay WebberZone Top 10 — Popular Posts. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36761/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36761/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36761
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36761
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36761

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36761/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.