# CVE-2023-39990: WordPress Paid Memberships Pro plugin <= 1.2.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the Paid Memberships Pro plugin to access restricted functionality or data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r9pc-m5v5-x22j

## What is CVE-2023-39990?

CVE-2023-39990 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Paid Memberships Pro, published on 19 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Paid Memberships Pro.This issue affects Paid Memberships Pro: from n/a through 1.2.3.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-39990?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Strangerstudios Paid Memberships Pro.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-39990?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-39990 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-39990 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39990 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Paid Memberships Pro

- [CVE-2023-23488](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23488/): SQL injection in Paid Memberships Pro WordPress Plugin (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-25114](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25114/): Paid Memberships Pro < 2.6.7 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-0631](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0631/): Paid Memberships Pro < 2.9.12 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-20678](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20678/): SQL injection in Paid Memberships Pro (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-37486](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37486/): WordPress Paid Memberships Pro plugin <= 3.0.5 - Authenticated SQL Injection vulnerability (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-39990 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-39990 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Paid Memberships Pro, published on 19 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39990 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Paid Memberships Pro. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39990/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39990/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39990
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39990
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-39990

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39990/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.