CVE-2020-36156
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.021 · 81 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.5–9.9
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affected products (2)
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references (10)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36156cnnvd
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developerscnnvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53cnnvd
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/cnnvd
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developersenisa_euvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53enisa_euvd
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/enisa_euvd
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developersRelease NotesThird Party Advisorynvd
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