Cross-Site Request Forgery in Paid Memberships Pro Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2020-36754

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 October 2023

What is CVE-2020-36754?

The Paid Memberships Pro plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) due to improper nonce validation within the pmpro_page_save() function. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking an administrator into clicking a malicious link, thereby manipulating page data without authorization. This raises significant security concerns for systems utilizing this plugin, especially in scenarios where user permissions are not strictly managed.

Affected Version(s)

Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions * < 2.4.3

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
.