CVE-2020-36837 | The ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnera… | CVSS 9.9 CRITICAL

Description

The ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass due to a missing capability check on the reset_wizard_actions function in versions 1.3.4 through 1.6.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to reset the WordPress database. After which, if there is a user named 'admin', the attacker will become automatically logged in as an administrator.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2020-36837
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 2024-10-15 18:39 UTC
Published: 2024-10-16 06:43 UTC
Last updated: 2024-10-16 18:03 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-862
CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Vendor / Product: themegrill / ThemeGrill Demo Importer
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.9 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

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

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Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
themegrill	ThemeGrill Demo Importer	—	1.3.4 ≤ 1.6.1

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-862	cna	CWE-862 Missing Authorization

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.9	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (4)