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    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.

    Published:Jan 4, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jan 4, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00933
    CVSS Score:9.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ultimatemember
    Product
    Ultimate Member

    Exploits

    https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High