vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: ultimate-member: CVE-2020-36156: Improper Privilege Management
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 9, 2020 | May 15, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 9, 2020
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Profile Update. Any user with wp-admin access to the profile.php page could supply the parameter um-role with a value set to any role (e.g., Administrator) during a profile update, and effectively escalate their privileges.
Solution
ultimate-member-plugin-cve-2020-36156
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