CVE-2024-8520 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-8520: Ultimate Member <= 2.8.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Membership Status Change

Vendor Ultimatemember
Product Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin
Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF
Published October 4, 2024
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the admin_init or user_action_hook function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify a users membership status via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 4, 2024 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated

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