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

> Authenticated attackers can exploit a shortcode to perform blind server-side request forgery, accessing internal services.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 22 May 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7p9j-prv8-54xc

## 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 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5031?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43956/): WordPress MemberPress plugin <= 1.11.34 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-5025](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5025/): MemberPress <= 1.11.29 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via arglist Parameter (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-1412](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1412/): Memberpress <= 1.11.24 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via message and error (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-11299](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11299/): Memberpress <= 1.11.37 - Unauthenticated Content Restriction Bypass to Sensitive Information Exposure (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5031 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Memberpress. 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-2024-5031/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5031/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5031
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5031
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5031

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5031/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.