CVE-2020-36837 (GCVE-0-2020-36837)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-16 06:43 – Updated: 2024-10-16 18:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
ThemeGrill Demo Importer 1.3.4 - 1.6.1 - Authorization Bypass to Site Reset
Summary
The ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass due to a missing capability check on the reset_wizard_actions function in versions 1.3.4 through 1.6.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to reset the WordPress database. After which, if there is a user named 'admin', the attacker will become automatically logged in as an administrator.
Severity
9.9 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-16 15:33 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| themegrill | ThemeGrill Demo Importer |
Affected:
1.3.4 , ≤ 1.6.1
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| themegrill | themegrill_demo_importer |
Affected:
1.3.4 , ≤ 1.6.1
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:themegrill:themegrill_demo_importer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
{
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"affected": [
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:themegrill:themegrill_demo_importer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*"
],
"defaultStatus": "unknown",
"product": "themegrill_demo_importer",
"vendor": "themegrill",
"versions": [
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "1.6.1",
"status": "affected",
"version": "1.3.4",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
}
],
"metrics": [
{
"other": {
"content": {
"id": "CVE-2020-36837",
"options": [
{
"Exploitation": "none"
},
{
"Automatable": "no"
},
{
"Technical Impact": "total"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2024-10-16T15:33:00.739470Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
},
"type": "ssvc"
}
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2024-10-16T18:03:47.811Z",
"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"shortName": "CISA-ADP"
},
"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "ThemeGrill Demo Importer",
"vendor": "themegrill",
"versions": [
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "1.6.1",
"status": "affected",
"version": "1.3.4",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"lang": "en",
"type": "finder",
"value": "Dave Jong"
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "The ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass due to a missing capability check on the reset_wizard_actions function in versions 1.3.4 through 1.6.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to reset the WordPress database. After which, if there is a user named \u0027admin\u0027, the attacker will become automatically logged in as an administrator."
}
],
"metrics": [
{
"cvssV3_1": {
"baseScore": 9.9,
"baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
}
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-862",
"description": "CWE-862 Missing Authorization",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2024-10-16T06:43:35.980Z",
"orgId": "b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599",
"shortName": "Wordfence"
},
"references": [
{
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c0dc694-854e-4f96-8c2d-7251c41a3ee9?source=cve"
},
{
"url": "https://www.webarxsecurity.com/critical-issue-in-themegrill-demo-importer/"
},
{
"url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/19/1"
},
{
"url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/themegrill/themegrill-demo-importer/master/CHANGELOG.txt"
}
],
"timeline": [
{
"lang": "en",
"time": "2020-02-16T00:00:00.000Z",
"value": "Disclosed"
}
],
"title": "ThemeGrill Demo Importer 1.3.4 - 1.6.1 - Authorization Bypass to Site Reset"
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599",
"assignerShortName": "Wordfence",
"cveId": "CVE-2020-36837",
"datePublished": "2024-10-16T06:43:35.980Z",
"dateReserved": "2024-10-15T18:39:42.773Z",
"dateUpdated": "2024-10-16T18:03:47.811Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.1",
"vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
"epss": {
"cve": "CVE-2020-36837",
"date": "2026-09-19",
"epss": "0.00584",
"percentile": "0.46625"
},
"nvd": {
"cve": {
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "The ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass due to a missing capability check on the reset_wizard_actions function in versions 1.3.4 through 1.6.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to reset the WordPress database. After which, if there is a user named \u0027admin\u0027, the attacker will become automatically logged in as an administrator."
},
{
"lang": "es",
"value": "El complemento ThemeGrill Demo Importer para WordPress es vulnerable a la omisi\u00f3n de autenticaci\u00f3n debido a una verificaci\u00f3n de capacidad faltante en la funci\u00f3n reset_wizard_actions en las versiones 1.3.4 a 1.6.1. Esto hace posible que los atacantes autenticados restablezcan la base de datos de WordPress. Despu\u00e9s de eso, si hay un usuario llamado \u0027admin\u0027, el atacante iniciar\u00e1 sesi\u00f3n autom\u00e1ticamente como administrador."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2020-36837",
"lastModified": "2024-10-16T16:38:14.557",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 9.9,
"baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"scope": "CHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 3.1,
"impactScore": 6.0,
"source": "security@wordfence.com",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2024-10-16T07:15:08.927",
"references": [
{
"source": "security@wordfence.com",
"url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/themegrill/themegrill-demo-importer/master/CHANGELOG.txt"
},
{
"source": "security@wordfence.com",
"url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/19/1"
},
{
"source": "security@wordfence.com",
"url": "https://www.webarxsecurity.com/critical-issue-in-themegrill-demo-importer/"
},
{
"source": "security@wordfence.com",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c0dc694-854e-4f96-8c2d-7251c41a3ee9?source=cve"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "security@wordfence.com",
"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
"weaknesses": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-862"
}
],
"source": "security@wordfence.com",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
}
},
"redhat_vex": {
"current_release_date": "2025-05-22T18:02:56+00:00",
"cve": "CVE-2020-36837",
"id": "CVE-2020-36837",
"initial_release_date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
"product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
"source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
"status": "final",
"title": "ThemeGrill Demo Importer 1.3.4 - 1.6.1 - Authorization Bypass to Site Reset",
"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2020/cve-2020-36837.json",
"version": "3"
},
"vulnrichment": {
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"affected": [
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:themegrill:themegrill_demo_importer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*"
],
"defaultStatus": "unknown",
"product": "themegrill_demo_importer",
"vendor": "themegrill",
"versions": [
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "1.6.1",
"status": "affected",
"version": "1.3.4",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
}
],
"metrics": [
{
"other": {
"content": {
"id": "CVE-2020-36837",
"options": [
{
"Exploitation": "none"
},
{
"Automatable": "no"
},
{
"Technical Impact": "total"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2024-10-16T15:33:00.739470Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
},
"type": "ssvc"
}
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2024-10-16T17:44:25.200Z",
"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"shortName": "CISA-ADP"
},
"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "ThemeGrill Demo Importer",
"vendor": "themegrill",
"versions": [
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "1.6.1",
"status": "affected",
"version": "1.3.4",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"lang": "en",
"type": "finder",
"value": "Dave Jong"
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "The ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass due to a missing capability check on the reset_wizard_actions function in versions 1.3.4 through 1.6.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to reset the WordPress database. After which, if there is a user named \u0027admin\u0027, the attacker will become automatically logged in as an administrator."
}
],
"metrics": [
{
"cvssV3_1": {
"baseScore": 9.9,
"baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
}
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-862",
"description": "CWE-862 Missing Authorization",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2024-10-16T06:43:35.980Z",
"orgId": "b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599",
"shortName": "Wordfence"
},
"references": [
{
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c0dc694-854e-4f96-8c2d-7251c41a3ee9?source=cve"
},
{
"url": "https://www.webarxsecurity.com/critical-issue-in-themegrill-demo-importer/"
},
{
"url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/19/1"
},
{
"url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/themegrill/themegrill-demo-importer/master/CHANGELOG.txt"
}
],
"timeline": [
{
"lang": "en",
"time": "2020-02-16T00:00:00.000Z",
"value": "Disclosed"
}
],
"title": "ThemeGrill Demo Importer 1.3.4 - 1.6.1 - Authorization Bypass to Site Reset"
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599",
"assignerShortName": "Wordfence",
"cveId": "CVE-2020-36837",
"datePublished": "2024-10-16T06:43:35.980Z",
"dateReserved": "2024-10-15T18:39:42.773Z",
"dateUpdated": "2024-10-16T18:03:47.811Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.1"
}
}
}
Loading…
Loading…
Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Loading…
The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
Loading…
Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
Loading…