CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-36156

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.

6.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53 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
Configurations

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2021-01-04 06:15

Updated : 2021-01-08 02:55

NVD link : CVE-2020-36156

Mitre link : CVE-2020-36156

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-269