CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-36157
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-01-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 10.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Roles. Due to the lack of filtering on the role parameter that could be supplied during the registration process, an attacker could supply the role parameter with a WordPress capability (or any custom Ultimate Member role) and effectively be granted those privileges.
Affected configurations
• ultimatemember ultimate member (< 2.1.12)
References
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/33f059c5-58e5-44b9-bb27-793c3cedef3b Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/33f059c5-58e5-44b9-bb27-793c3cedef3b Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory