Paper/Archive/CVE-2020-36837

CVE-2020-36837

themegrill ThemeGrill Demo Importer — ThemeGrill Demo Importer 1.3.4 - 1.6.1 - Authorization Bypass to Site Reset

Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
ThemeGrill Demo Importer1.3.4 – 1.6.1–CNA
themegrill_demo_importer1.3.4 – 1.6.1–CISA-ADP

Scores by source

Wordfence (CNA)9.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refwordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c0dc694-854e-4f96-8c2d-7251c41a3ee9?source=cverefwebarxsecurity.com/critical-issue-in-themegrill-demo-importerrefopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/19/1refraw.githubusercontent.com/themegrill/themegrill-demo-importer/master/CHANGELOG.txt