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CVE-2020-36156

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 4, 2021 at 05:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:14 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorUltimate Member

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ultimate Member· Ultimatememberwordpress-plugin
95%
v < 2.1.12
Affected range stops below 2.1.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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