Privilege escalation in Ultimatemember Ultimate_member

CVE-2020-36156

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 v…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.020 (78.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36156?
CVE-2020-36156 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ultimatemember Ultimate_member, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2021-01-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-36156?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-36156 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.