Product Catalog Simple <= 1.5.13 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass
Priority LOW 20CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The Product Catalog Simple plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5.13. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the implecode_save_products_meta() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update product meta via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00384 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Product Catalog Simple (implecode): 1.5.13
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Product Catalog Simple (implecode) Fixed in 1.5.13
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36743
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hrmj-mxq5-4f7c
References
Advisory 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/36e098fe-d1f9-4c8f-ae6b-222cbd5976b2?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-3/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/
More impleCode Product Catalog Simple vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-28333 WordPress Product Catalog Simple Plugin <= 1.7.6 is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-13778 WordPress Product Catalog Simple Plugin <= 1.6.17 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2025-01208 Product Catalog Simple <= 1.7.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via show_products Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2020-36743 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-36743 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hrmj-mxq5-4f7c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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