Cross-Site Request Forgery in NotificationX Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2020-36744

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Notificationx – Fomo, Live Sales Notification, WooCommerce Sales Popup, Gdpr, Social Proof, Announcement Banner & Floating Notification Bar
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 July 2023

What is CVE-2020-36744?

The NotificationX plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks in versions up to and including 1.8.2. This vulnerability arises from insufficient nonce validation in the generate_conversions() function. Attackers can exploit this flaw by tricking a site administrator into unintentionally triggering an action, such as clicking a malicious link, leading to unauthorized conversion generation.

Affected Version(s)

NotificationX – FOMO, Live Sales Notification, WooCommerce Sales Popup, GDPR, Social Proof, Announcement Banner & Floating Notification Bar 0 < 1.8.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerab...
https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-th...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Jerome Bruandet
.