CVE-2024-5031 MemberPress <= 1.11.29 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery via mepr-user-file Shortcode

What is CVE-2024-5031?

CVE-2024-5031 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Memberpress, published on 22 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Memberpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Blind Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.11.29 via the 'mepr-user-file' shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5031?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Caseproof Memberpress.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5031?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5031 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2024-5031 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5031 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Memberpress

• CVE-2024-43956 WordPress MemberPress plugin <= 1.11.34 - Broken Access Control vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-5025 MemberPress <= 1.11.29 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via arglist Parameter Medium 6.4
• CVE-2024-1412 Memberpress <= 1.11.24 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via message and error Medium 6.1
• CVE-2024-11299 Memberpress <= 1.11.37 - Unauthenticated Content Restriction Bypass to Sensitive Information Exposure Medium 5.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-7p9j-prv8-54xc.