CSRF in Brainstormforce Lightweight Sidebar Manager
CVE-2020-36747
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.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (37.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/844c5012-f823-46ae-8de2-e2803… (Third Party Advisory)
- blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/ (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attack… (Not Applicable)
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-… (Not Applicable)
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-… (Not Applicable)
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-… (Not Applicable)
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-… (Not Applicable)
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-… (Not Applicable)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-36747?
- CVE-2020-36747 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brainstormforce Lightweight Sidebar Manager, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-07-01.
- How severe is CVE-2020-36747?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-36747 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.