Vulnerability · Published Jan 4, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-36156
Critical 9.9
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.1% (higher than 81% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.9Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.1%top 18.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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 products (as reported)
References
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53 x_refsource_MISC