XSS in Ultimatemember Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin
CVE-2026-18547
The Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Textarea Profile Field with HTML Support (DOM Gadget via id Attribute) in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is possible because the wp_kses 'templates' allowlist permits the id attribute on div elements but does not neutralize unescaped quotes within its value; when pickadate.js concatenates the stored id value into an HTML string via jQuery .html() on profile page load, the smuggled onfocus and autofocus attribute syntax breaks out of attribute context and executes as JavaScript.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-18547?
- CVE-2026-18547 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ultimatemember Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-08-25.
- How severe is CVE-2026-18547?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.