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CVE-2020-36837: ThemeGrill Demo Importer 1.3.4 - 1.6.1 - Authorization Bypass to Site Reset

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

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.

Affected products

• ThemeGrill Demo Importer: from 1.3.4 through 1.6.1

References

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/themegrill/themegrill-demo-importer/master/CHANGELOG.txt
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/19/1
• https://www.webarxsecurity.com/critical-issue-in-themegrill-demo-importer/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c0dc694-854e-4f96-8c2d-7251c41a3ee9?source=cve

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