CVE-2020-36156 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2020-36156

An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before...

Vulnerability Description

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 value set to any role (e.g., Administrator) during a profile update, and effectively escalate their privileges.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

ultimatemember

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Affected Software

ultimate member
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 4th, 2021
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.