Description
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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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2020-23734 | 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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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T17:23:09.556Z
Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-36156
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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-01-04T18:15:13.700
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:28:50.070
Link: CVE-2020-36156
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD