CVE-2020-36156

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36156
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-36156.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-36156
Published
2021-01-04T18:15:13.700Z
Modified
2026-07-08T20:42:55.488425Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
427bb6da1c2f984b0a0be7013e490496023bdcb6
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:ultimatemember:ultimate_member:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.1.12"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.3.48
1.3.59
1.3.88
1.3.88.4
1.3.88.5
1.3.88.6
2.*
2.0.10
2.0.11
2.0.16
2.0.17
2.0.24
2.0.34
2.0.35
2.0.37
2.0.38
2.0.39
2.0.4
2.0.41
2.0.43
2.0.44
2.0.45
2.0.46
2.0.47
2.0.48
2.0.49
2.0.5
2.0.50
2.0.53
2.0.54
2.0.9
2.1.0
2.1.0-rc.1
2.1.0-rc.2
2.1.1
2.1.10
2.1.11
2.1.2
2.1.2-rc.1
2.1.3
2.1.3-rc.1
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.1.7
2.1.8
2.1.9
pre-v1.*
pre-v1.3.50
pre-v1.3.69.16
pre-v1.3.69.17
pre-v1.3.69.18
pre-v1.3.69.19
pre-v1.3.69.20
pre-v1.3.69.21
pre-v1.3.69.22
pre-v1.3.69.23
pre-v1.3.69.24
pre-v1.3.69.25
v1.*
v1.3.29
v1.3.30
v1.3.32
v1.3.35
v1.3.36
v1.3.37
v1.3.38
v1.3.39
v1.3.40
v1.3.41
v1.3.42
v1.3.43
v1.3.44
v1.3.45
v1.3.47
v1.3.49
v1.3.51
v1.3.52
v1.3.53
v1.3.54
v1.3.55
v1.3.56
v1.3.60
v1.3.61
v1.3.62
v1.3.63
v1.3.64
v1.3.65
v1.3.66
v1.3.67
v1.3.68
v1.3.69
v1.3.71
v1.3.72
v1.3.73
v1.3.74
v1.3.75
v1.3.76
v1.3.78
v1.3.79
v1.3.81
v1.3.82
v1.3.83
v1.3.84
v1.3.88.1
v1.3.88.2
v1.3.88.3

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-36156.json"