CVE-2020-36837

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-36837

Assigner
Wordfence

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-10-16T06:43:35.980Z

Last Modified Date
2024-10-16T18:03:47.811Z

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-862	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c0dc694-854e-4f96-8c2d-7251c41a3ee9?source=cve
https://www.webarxsecurity.com/critical-issue-in-themegrill-demo-importer/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/19/1
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/themegrill/themegrill-demo-importer/master/CHANGELOG.txt

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36837
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-36837

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-10-17 12:03:52				Added to TrackCVE