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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2020-36666"
idYear: 2020
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2023-03-27T15:37:27.159Z"
updatedAt: "2025-02-19T20:09:36.125Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:21.187Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-36666"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-36666.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36666"
title: "Multiple e-plugins - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation"
summary: "The directory-pro WordPress plugin before 1.9.5, final-user-wp-frontend-user-profiles WordPress plugin before 1.2.2, producer-retailer WordPress plugin through TODO, photographer-directory WordPress plugin before 1.0.9, real-estate-pro WordPress plugin before 1.7.1, institutions-directory WordPress plugin before 1.3.1, lawyer-directory WordPress plugin before 1.2.9, doctor-listing WordPress plugin before 1.3.6, Hotel Listing WordPress plugin before 1.3.7, fitness-trainer WordPress plugin before 1.4.1, wp-membership WordPress plugin before 1.5.7, sold by the same developer (e-plugins), do not implementing any security measures in some AJAX calls. For example in the file plugin.php, the function iv_directories_update_profile_setting() uses update_user_meta with any data provided by the ajax call, which can be used to give the logged in user admin capabilities. Since the plugins allow user registration via a custom form (even if the blog does not allow users to register) it makes any site using it vulnerable."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"1.9.5"}],"vendor":"Unknown","product":"directory-pro","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"1.2.2"}],"vendor":"Unknown","product":"final-user-wp-frontend-user-profiles","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"TODO"}],"vendor":"Unknown","product":"producer-retailer","defaultStatus":"affected"},{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"1.0.9"}],"vendor":"Unknown","product":"photographer-directory","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"1.7.1"}],"vendor":"Unknown","product":"real-estate-pro","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"1.3.1"}],"vendor":"Unknown","product":"institutions-directory","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"1.2.9"}],"vendor":"Unknown","product":"lawyer-directory","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"1.3.6"}],"vendor":"Unknown","product":"doctor-listing","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"1.3.7"}],"vendor":"Unknown","product":"Hotel Listing","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"1.4.1"}],"vendor":"Unknown","product":"fitness-trainer","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"1.5.7"}],"vendor":"Unknown","product":"wp-membership","defaultStatus":"unaffected"}]

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