CVE-2020-36837 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.9