CVE-2020-36156
Ultimate Member <= 2.1.11 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Profile Update
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
2Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
Se detectó un problema en el plugin Ultimate Member versiones anteriores a 2.1.12 para WordPress, también se conoce como Escalada de Privilegios Autenticada por medio de Profile Update. Cualquier usuario con acceso wp-admin a la página profile.php podría proporcionar el parámetro um-role con un valor establecido para cualquier rol (por ejemplo, Administrator) durante una actualización de perfil y efectivamente escalar sus privilegios.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2020-11-09 CVE Published
- 2021-01-04 CVE Reserved
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-04 First Exploit
- 2024-09-21 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CAPEC
References (3)
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| https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers | Release Notes |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Ultimatemember Search vendor "Ultimatemember" | Ultimate Member Search vendor "Ultimatemember" for product "Ultimate Member" | < 2.1.12 Search vendor "Ultimatemember" for product "Ultimate Member" and version " < 2.1.12" | wordpress |
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