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
- Ultimatemember Ultimate_member
- N/a — versions n/a
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.