{"id":"CVE-2020-36666","aliases":["EUVD-2020-24108","GHSA-p88j-jqx4-pp79"],"status":"published","title":"Multiple e-plugins - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation","description":"The directory-pro WordPress plugin before 1.9.5, final-user-wp-frontend-user-profiles WordPress plugin before 1.2.2, producer-retailer WordPress plugin through TODO, photographer-directory WordPress plugin before 1.0.9, real-estate-pro WordPress plugin before 1.7.1, institutions-directory WordPress plugin before 1.3.1, lawyer-directory WordPress plugin before 1.2.9, doctor-listing WordPress plugin before 1.3.6, Hotel Listing WordPress plugin before 1.3.7, fitness-trainer WordPress plugin before 1.4.1, wp-membership WordPress plugin before 1.5.7, sold by the same developer (e-plugins), do not implementing any security measures in some AJAX calls. For example in the file plugin.php, the function iv_directories_update_profile_setting() uses update_user_meta with any data provided by the ajax call, which can be used to give the logged in user admin capabilities. Since the plugins allow user registration via a custom form (even if the blog does not allow users to register) it makes any site using it vulnerable.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00905,"percentile":0.60151,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"published":"2023-03-27T15:37:27Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:15:56Z","products":[{"vendor":"e-plugins","product":"directory_pro"},{"vendor":"e-plugins","product":"final_user"},{"vendor":"e-plugins","product":"fitness-trainer"},{"vendor":"e-plugins","product":"fitness_trainer"},{"vendor":"e-plugins","product":"hospital_\\\u0026_doctor_directory"},{"vendor":"e-plugins","product":"hotel listing"},{"vendor":"e-plugins","product":"hotel_directory"},{"vendor":"e-plugins","product":"institutions_directory"},{"vendor":"e-plugins","product":"lawyer_directory"},{"vendor":"e-plugins","product":"photographer-directory"},{"vendor":"e-plugins","product":"producer-retailer"},{"vendor":"e-plugins","product":"real_estate_pro"},{"vendor":"e-plugins","product":"wp_membership"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"directory-pro"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"doctor-listing"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"final-user-wp-frontend-user-profiles"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"fitness-trainer"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"hotel listing"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"institutions-directory"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"lawyer-directory"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"photographer-directory"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"producer-retailer"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"real-estate-pro"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"wp-membership"}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d079cb16-ead5-4bc8-b0b8-4a4dc2a54c96","tags":["exploit","vdb-entry","technical-description","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://codecanyon.net/user/e-plugins","tags":["x_transferred","Product"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36666"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p88j-jqx4-pp79"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-36666","title":"Multiple e-plugins - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation","description":"The directory-pro WordPress plugin before 1.9.5, final-user-wp-frontend-user-profiles WordPress plugin before 1.2.2, producer-retailer WordPress plugin through TODO, photographer-directory WordPress plugin before 1.0.9, real-estate-pro WordPress plugin before 1.7.1, institutions-directory WordPress plugin before 1.3.1, lawyer-directory WordPress plugin before 1.2.9, doctor-listing WordPress plugin before 1.3.6, Hotel Listing WordPress plugin before 1.3.7, fitness-trainer WordPress plugin before 1.4.1, wp-membership WordPress plugin before 1.5.7, sold by the same developer (e-plugins), do not implementing any security measures in some AJAX calls. For example in the file plugin.php, the function iv_directories_update_profile_setting() uses update_user_meta with any data provided by the ajax call, which can be used to give the logged in user admin capabilities. Since the plugins allow user registration via a custom form (even if the blog does not allow users to register) it makes any site using it vulnerable.","status":"published","published":"2023-03-27T15:37:27.159Z","modified":"2025-02-19T20:09:36.125Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"adp"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:55.460269Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-24108","description":"The directory-pro WordPress plugin before 1.9.5, final-user-wp-frontend-user-profiles WordPress plugin before 1.2.2, producer-retailer WordPress plugin through TODO, photographer-directory WordPress plugin before 1.0.9, real-estate-pro WordPress plugin before 1.7.1, institutions-directory WordPress plugin before 1.3.1, lawyer-directory WordPress plugin before 1.2.9, doctor-listing WordPress plugin before 1.3.6, Hotel Listing WordPress plugin before 1.3.7, fitness-trainer WordPress plugin before 1.4.1, wp-membership WordPress plugin before 1.5.7, sold by the same developer (e-plugins), do not implementing any security measures in some AJAX calls. For example in the file plugin.php, the function iv_directories_update_profile_setting() uses update_user_meta with any data provided by the ajax call, which can be used to give the logged in user admin capabilities. Since the plugins allow user registration via a custom form (even if the blog does not allow users to register) it makes any site using it vulnerable.","status":"published","published":"2023-03-27T15:37:27Z","modified":"2025-02-19T20:09:36Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:53:26.792701Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-p88j-jqx4-pp79","title":"The directory-pro WordPress plugin before 1.9.5, final-user-wp-frontend-user-profiles WordPress...","description":"The directory-pro WordPress plugin before 1.9.5, final-user-wp-frontend-user-profiles WordPress plugin before 1.2.2, producer-retailer WordPress plugin through TODO, photographer-directory WordPress plugin before 1.0.9, real-estate-pro WordPress plugin before 1.7.1, institutions-directory WordPress plugin before 1.3.1, lawyer-directory WordPress plugin before 1.2.9, doctor-listing WordPress plugin before 1.3.6, Hotel Listing WordPress plugin before 1.3.7, fitness-trainer WordPress plugin before 1.4.1, wp-membership WordPress plugin before 1.5.7, sold by the same developer (e-plugins), do not implementing any security measures in some AJAX calls. For example in the file plugin.php, the function iv_directories_update_profile_setting() uses update_user_meta with any data provided by the ajax call, which can be used to give the logged in user admin capabilities. Since the plugins allow user registration via a custom form (even if the blog does not allow users to register) it makes any site using it vulnerable.","status":"published","published":"2023-03-27T18:30:25Z","modified":"2023-04-03T18:32:11Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:54:26.249885Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2020-36666","description":"The directory-pro WordPress plugin before 1.9.5, final-user-wp-frontend-user-profiles WordPress plugin before 1.2.2, producer-retailer WordPress plugin through TODO, photographer-directory WordPress plugin before 1.0.9, real-estate-pro WordPress plugin before 1.7.1, institutions-directory WordPress plugin before 1.3.1, lawyer-directory WordPress plugin before 1.2.9, doctor-listing WordPress plugin before 1.3.6, Hotel Listing WordPress plugin before 1.3.7, fitness-trainer WordPress plugin before 1.4.1, wp-membership WordPress plugin before 1.5.7, sold by the same developer (e-plugins), do not implementing any security measures in some AJAX calls. For example in the file plugin.php, the function iv_directories_update_profile_setting() uses update_user_meta with any data provided by the ajax call, which can be used to give the logged in user admin capabilities. Since the plugins allow user registration via a custom form (even if the blog does not allow users to register) it makes any site using it vulnerable.","status":"published","published":"2023-03-27T16:15:07.66Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:15:56.517Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:06:47.910346Z"}]}}