An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka…
Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02057 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ultimatemember:ultimate_member:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 2.1.12 | Vulnerable | ultimatemember |
- cpe:2.3:a:ultimatemember:ultimate_member:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.1.12 Vulnerable ·ultimatemember
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36156
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v28v-ph75-h265
References
More ultimatemember Ultimate Member vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-00992 SQL injection in ultimatemember Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-03232 Ultimate Member < 2.6.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-01973 Ultimate Member <= 2.8.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2020-18475 An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2020-18477 An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2019-07968 A CSRF vulnerability in a logged-in user's profile edit form in the Ultimate Member… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-36156 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-36156 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v28v-ph75-h265 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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