Ultimate Member <= 2.11.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Profile Privacy Setting Bypass
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
The Ultimate Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Profile Privacy Setting Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.11.0. This is due to a flaw in the secure fields mechanism where field keys are stored in the allowed fields list before the `required_perm` check is applied during rendering. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access to modify their profile privacy settings (e.g., setting profile to "Only me") via direct parameter manipulation, even when the administrator has explicitly disabled the option for their role.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ultimatemember | Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin | up to 2.11.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin Vendorultimatemember Affected up to 2.11.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ultimatemember:ultimate_member:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | ultimatemember |
- cpe:2.3:a:ultimatemember:ultimate_member:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·ultimatemember
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14081
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-65hf-c38w-3rrh
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aad57a68-c385-491f-a5a2-32906df4b52b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.10.6/includes/core/um-actions-account.php#L322
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.10.6/includes/core/class-account.php#L610
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3421362/
More ultimatemember 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-2022-03726 JobBoardWP < 1.2.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-19304 WordPress Plugin ultimate-member 2.1.3 Local File Inclusion CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2025-14081 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14081 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-65hf-c38w-3rrh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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