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CVE-2020-36745: WP Project Manager <= 2.4.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-07-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.4.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the do_updates() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger updates via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• wedevs Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker: through 2.4.0

References

• https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedevs-project-manager/tags/2.4.1/core/Upgrades/Upgrade.php?rev=2368374#L179
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/456c13f5-4a8b-4eea-a2a0-f37f8508551b?source=cve
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/

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