An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka…
Priority MEDIUM 48Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Roles. Due to the lack of filtering on the role parameter that could be supplied during the registration process, an attacker could supply the role parameter with a WordPress capability (or any custom Ultimate Member role) and effectively be granted those privileges.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02997 87th 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-2020-36157
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4qr9-9cg9-9gvw
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-2020-18476 An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- 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-2020-36157 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-36157 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4qr9-9cg9-9gvw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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