Paid Memberships Pro < 2.3.3 - Authenticated SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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

CVE	CVE-2020-5579
CVSS	Medium (4.7)
Publicly Published	May 19, 2020
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Kenichi Okuno (Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions)

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the Paid Memberships versions prior to 2.3.3 allows attacker with administrator rights to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors. The 'discount_code_id' found in the ~/adminpages/orders.php is the specific parameter that is vulnerable.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	paid-memberships-pro (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.3.3
Patched Version	2.3.3

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