Indeed Membership Pro 7.3 - 8.6 - Missing Authorization Checks

Missing Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVE	CVE-2020-36833
CVSS	Medium (6.3)
Publicly Published	February 6, 2020
Last Updated	October 16, 2024
Researcher	Norman Riffat

Description

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.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	indeed-membership-pro (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	7.3 - 8.6
Patched Version	8.6.1

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