CVE-2023-23488 — The Paid Memberships Pro WordPress Plugin, version < 2

The Paid Memberships Pro WordPress Plugin, version < 2.9.8, is affected by an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the 'code' parameter of the '/pmpro/v1/order' REST route.

01What is this vulnerability?

The Paid Memberships Pro WordPress Plugin, version < 2.9.8, is affected by an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the 'code' parameter of the '/pmpro/v1/order' REST route.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Paid Memberships Pro WordPress Plugin	< 2.9.8

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-03T20:05:09.171Z

09References

• www.tenable.com — https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-2
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171661/WordPress-Paid-Memberships-Pro-2.9.8…