CVE-2023-23488 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Paid Memberships Pro WordPress Plugin, version < 2.9.8, is affected by an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the 'code' parameter of the '/pmpro/v1/order' REST route.

Published: 2023-01-20

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 83.8% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Paid Memberships Pro WordPress Plugin

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< 2.9.8`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:strangerstudios:paid_memberships_pro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.83832.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171661/WordPress-Paid-Memberships-Pro-2.9.8-SQL-Injection.html
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-2

History

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Strangerstudios Paid Memberships Pro

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2023-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-03T20:05:09.171Z

Reserved: 2023-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-23488

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:35:33.209Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-20T18:15:10.470

Modified: 2025-04-03T20:15:22.187

Link: CVE-2023-23488

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-89

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