Paid Memberships Pro <= 2.12.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Disclosure via Shortcode

2024-02-16 00:00

Scott Kingsley Clark

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.12.9

Affected PluginPaid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions

Affected Version<= 2.12.8

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-1279

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Vulnerability Overview

The Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to extract user meta data utilizing the pmpro_member shortcode.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.12.9, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1279 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bd5d212e-c672-4fa8-afe7-baeac06e2e7d

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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