Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Jul 1, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2020-36747
CVE-2020-36747
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.
Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:brainstormforce:lightweight_sidebar_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:brainstormforce:lightweight_sidebar_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*range: <=1.1.5
- (no CPE)range: <=1.1.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
- blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/844c5012-f823-46ae-8de2-e2803b7cd063nvdThird Party Advisory
- blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/nvdNot Applicable
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/nvdNot Applicable
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/nvdNot Applicable
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/nvdNot Applicable
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/nvdNot Applicable
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/nvdNot Applicable
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