CVE-2023-23488 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Strangerstudios	Paid Memberships Pro

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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'}`

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.

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