Indeed Membership Pro 7.3 - 8.6 - Missing Authorization Checks
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Indeed Membership Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on various AJAX actions in versions 7.3 - 8.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attacker, with minimal permission, such as a subscriber, to perform a variety of actions such as modifying settings and viewing sensitive data.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36833
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wqjf-7qxp-8hc8
References
More azzaroco vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-37100 WordPress WP SuperBackup plugin <= 2.3.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-08623 Super Backup & Clone - Migrate for WordPress <= 2.3.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-37103 WordPress WP SuperBackup plugin <= 2.3.3 - Unauthenticated Backup File Download Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-28893 WordPress Indeed Ultimate Membership Pro plugin <= 12.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-18967 Indeed Membership Pro 7.3 - 8.6 - Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-28895 WordPress Indeed Ultimate Membership Pro plugin <= 12.7 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2020-36833 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-36833 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wqjf-7qxp-8hc8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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