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CVE-2020-36840: Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress <= 2.3.8 - Missing Authorization

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 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: 2024-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the wp_ajax_route_url() function called via a nopriv AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 2.3.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to call that function and perform a wide variety of actions such as including random template, injecting malicious web scripts, and more.

Affected products

• Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress: before 2.3.9 — fixed in 2.3.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress 2.3.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2288592%40mp-timetable&new=2288592%40mp-timetable&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/988d7b33-f985-4d22-a2db-3922002fcecb?source=cve

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