CVE-2020-36155

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Published Jan 4, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 10 Critical EPSS 9.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Meta. An attacker could supply an array parameter for sensitive metadata, such as the wp_capabilities user meta that defines a user's role. During the registration process, submitted registration details were passed to the update_profile function, and any metadata was accepted, e.g., wp_capabilities[administrator] for Administrator access.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ultimatemember:ultimate_member:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 9.8% (9.822% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf13b0f8-5815-4d27-a276-5eff8985fc0b
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/

History

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Subscriptions

Ultimatemember Ultimate Member

Weaknesses

CWE-269

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 5:23 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 4, 2021, 5:22 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 5:23 PM
Reserved: Jan 4, 2021, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:14 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 4, 2021, 6:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:14 AM

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