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CVE-2023-23488

The Paid Memberships Pro WordPress Plugin, version < 2.9.8, is affected by an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the 'code' parameter of the '/pmpro/v1/order' REST route.

EXPLOIT ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 92.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 92.5%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The Paid Memberships Pro WordPress Plugin, version < 2.9.8, is affected by an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the 'code' parameter of the '/pmpro/v1/order' REST route.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
92.46% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 3 April 2023
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
strangerstudios/paid memberships pro
Source
vulnreport@tenable.com
EPSS trend
0%48%95%3 November 2026: 92.46%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 92.5% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-51235source ↗Paid Memberships Pro v2.9.8 (WordPress Plugin) - Unauthenticated SQL Injectionphp · r3nt0nwebapps3 April 2023yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.