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CVE-2020-36156

CRITICAL

9.9

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.9

SeverityCRITICAL

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published1/4/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

ultimatemember:ultimate_member

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers(cve@mitre.org)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/(cve@mitre.org)

https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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