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_pa

medium Affects paid-memberships-pro (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2023-10-20; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

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_pa

Package: paid-memberships-pro (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <=2.4.2
Fixed in: no fix recorded
Severity: medium CVSS 4.3
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (41.0th percentile)
Published: 2023-10-20
Source: nvd

References

CWE-352

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