QID 730696

Date Published: 2023-01-17

QID 730696: WordPress Plugin Paid Memberships Pro SQL Injection Vulnerability

Paid Memberships Pro gives you all the tools you need to start, manage, and grow your membership site. The plugin is designed for premium content sites, online course or LMS and training-based memberships, clubs and associations, members-only product discount sites, subscription box products, paid newsletters, and more.

CVE-2023-23488: 'code' parameter in the /pmpro/v1/order REST route of wordpress plugin Paid Memberships Pro plugin is vulnerable to SQL injection.

Affected Versions:
Paid Memberships Pro versions prior to 2.9.8

QID Detection Logic(Unauthenticated): This unauthenticated detection depends on the BlindElephant engine to detect the vulnerable version of the Paid Memberships Pro plugin.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an unauthenticated attacker to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • Solution
    Customers are requested to update to Paid Memberships Pro Plugin 2.9.8 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

    Vendor References

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    Paid Memberships Pro Release Notes URL Logo wordpress.org/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/#developers
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