CVE-2020-36833 (GCVE-0-2020-36833)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-16 06:43 – Updated: 2024-10-16 19:33
VLAI
Title
Indeed Membership Pro 7.3 - 8.6 - Missing Authorization Checks
Summary
The Indeed Membership Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on various AJAX actions in versions 7.3 - 8.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attacker, with minimal permission, such as a subscriber, to perform a variety of actions such as modifying settings and viewing sensitive data.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-16 19:33 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
wpindeed Indeed Membership Pro Affected: 7.3 , ≤ 8.6 (semver)
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Credits
Norman Riffat
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