Leaky Paywall <= 4.20.8 — Missing Authorization to Price Manipulation
CVE-2024-33594Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.20.8Update to 4.20.9 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Leaky Paywall leaky-paywall
- Affected≤ 4.20.8
- Patched in4.20.9
Update to 4.20.9 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.20.8. Version 4.20.9 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Leaky Paywall.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 4.20.9, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Leaky Paywall to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Joshua Chan.
The Leaky Paywall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to price manipulation in all versions up to, and including, 4.20.8. This is due to the plugin allowing the price field to be user supplied. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to alter the price of memberships.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤4.22.6Update to 5.0 | CVE-2025-66124 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.21.7Update to 4.21.8 | CVE-2025-31083 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤4.21.2Update to 4.21.3 | CVE-2024-37540 | |
| Medium5.5 | Leaky Paywall <= 4.16.5 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.16.5Update to 4.16.6 | CVE-2021-39357 |
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤4.22.6Update to 5.0
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.21.7Update to 4.21.8
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤4.21.2Update to 4.21.3
- Medium5.5Leaky Paywall <= 4.16.5 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.16.5Update to 4.16.6
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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