CVE-2020-36837 (GCVE-0-2020-36837)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-16 06:43 – Updated: 2024-10-16 18:03
VLAI
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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-16 15:33 UTC
CWE
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2367 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
themegrill ThemeGrill Demo Importer Affected: 1.3.4 , ≤ 1.6.1 (semver)
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themegrill themegrill_demo_importer Affected: 1.3.4 , ≤ 1.6.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:themegrill:themegrill_demo_importer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
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Credits
Dave Jong
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