CVE-2020-36155

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-36155
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-04 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-01-07 21:26:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Meta. An attacker could supply an array parameter for sensitive metadata, such as the wp_capabilities user meta that defines a user's role. During the registration process, submitted registration details were passed to the update_profile function, and any metadata was accepted, e.g., wp_capabilities[administrator] for Administrator access.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ultimatemember Ultimate Member All All All All
Application Ultimatemember Ultimate Member All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ultimate Member – User Profile & Membership Plugin | WordPress.org MISC wordpress.org Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Ultimate Member < 2.1.12 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Meta Security Vulnerability MISC wpscan.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Affect 100K Sites Using Ultimate Member Plugin MISC www.wordfence.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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