CVE-2023-40608 HIGH

CVE-2023-40608: WordPress Paid Memberships Pro CCBill Gateway plugin <= 0.3 - Unauthenticated Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Paid Memberships Pro

Product Paid Memberships Pro CCBill Gateway

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published June 19, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

8.2/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Paid Memberships Pro Paid Memberships Pro CCBill Gateway.This issue affects Paid Memberships Pro CCBill Gateway: from n/a through 0.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The CCBill Gateway add-on for Paid Memberships Pro lacks proper authorization checks on sensitive operations. An attacker without authentication can modify membership data or disrupt service availability. The vulnerability affects versions up to 0.3 and requires no user interaction. Site administrators should update immediately to a patched version.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Modify membership records or cause the site to become unavailable without logging in.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Membership data could be altered or deleted, and the site may experience downtime without warning.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access only; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 19, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40608 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-40608

CWE CWE-862

CVSS 8.2 / HIGH

Affected versions