Subscriber-to-Administrator access via unchecked AJAX actions
Published Oct 16, 2024 · Updated Oct 16, 2024
Authorization bypass in WPIndeed Ultimate Membership Pro 7.3 through 8.6 allows remote authenticated users to invoke privileged AJAX actions. The plugin registers data-export and direct-link generation actions without capability checks, exposing sensitive records and administrator login tokens. A subscriber account is sufficient to obtain user data or log in as another registered user, including an administrator.
Summary
What happened
Authorization bypass in WPIndeed Ultimate Membership Pro 7.3 through 8.6 allows remote authenticated users to invoke privileged AJAX actions. The plugin registers data-export and direct-link generation actions without capability checks, exposing sensitive records and administrator login tokens. A subscriber account is sufficient to obtain user data or log in as another registered user, including an administrator.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-36833
- Published
- Oct 16, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 16, 2024
- Vendor
- WPIndeed
- Product
- Ultimate Membership Pro
- Classifications
- CWE-862
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=7.3 <=8.6
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan subscriber AJAX proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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