fkie_cve-2020-36156
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2021-01-04 18:15
Modified
2024-11-21 05:28
Severity ?
9.9 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ultimatemember ultimate_member *


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      "value": "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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      "value": "Se detect\u00f3 un problema en el plugin Ultimate Member versiones anteriores a 2.1.12 para WordPress, tambi\u00e9n se conoce como Escalada de Privilegios Autenticada por medio de Profile Update.\u0026#xa0;Cualquier usuario con acceso wp-admin a la p\u00e1gina profile.php podr\u00eda proporcionar el par\u00e1metro um-role con un valor establecido para cualquier rol (por ejemplo, Administrator) durante una actualizaci\u00f3n de perfil y efectivamente escalar sus privilegios."
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  "id": "CVE-2020-36156",
  "lastModified": "2024-11-21T05:28:50.070",
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}


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