CVE-2020-36156 CRITICAL

CVE-2020-36156

Vendor N/A
Product n/a
Published January 4, 2021
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

9.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 4, 2021 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated