CVE-2026-18547

Ultimate Member <= 2.12.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Textarea Profile Field with HTML Support (DOM Gadget via id Attribute)

Published Aug 25, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Ultimatemember
Ultimatemember ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Ultimatemember
Ultimatemember ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Ultimate Member <= 2.12.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Textarea Profile Field with HTML Support (DOM Gadget via id Attribute)
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Aug 25, 2026, 4:02 PM
Reserved
Jul 31, 2026, 9:25 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 25, 2026, 12:16 PM
Modified
Sep 28, 2026, 11:10 PM