The Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.0.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ctl_save() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save field icons via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVE-2020-36738 is a medium severity with CVSS 4.3 Cross-Site Request Forgery issue affecting the Plugin Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline). It affects Versions before 2.0.3 and is fixed in 2.0.3.
CVE-2020-36738 is tracked for the Plugin Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline) as medium severity with CVSS 4.3. The affected range is Versions before 2.0.3. Update Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline) to 2.0.3 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
cool-timeline
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2020-36738 |
| Patched Versions |
2.0.3
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| Affected Versions |
Versions before 2.0.3
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