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Missing Authorization

CVE-2020-36833

Medium
6.3/10

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.

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CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

The missing authorization vulnerability occurs when a software program allows users to access privileged parts of the program without verifying the user credentials. Impact of such a vulnerability depends on the resources employed by the software, ranging from account takeover to sensitive information exposure, denial of service, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published