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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-36754

The Paid Memberships Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.4.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the pmpro_page_save() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save pages via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:42 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-36754

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Oct 2023, 08:15 UTC

The Paid Memberships Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.4.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the pmpro_page_save() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save pages via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

osv:CVE-2020-36754
Complete source record
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      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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        "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2368689%40paid-memberships-pro&new=2368689%40paid-memberships-pro&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=",
        "https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/",
        "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/",
        "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/",
        "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/",
        "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/",
        "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/",
        "https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/"
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