CVE-2020-36837

critical

Description

The ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass due to a missing capability check on the reset_wizard_actions function in versions 1.3.4 through 1.6.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to reset the WordPress database. After which, if there is a user named 'admin', the attacker will become automatically logged in as an administrator.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c0dc694-854e-4f96-8c2d-7251c41a3ee9?source=cve

https://www.webarxsecurity.com/critical-issue-in-themegrill-demo-importer/

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/19/1

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/themegrill/themegrill-demo-importer/master/CHANGELOG.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-10-16

Updated: 2026-04-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.9

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00294