cve-2020-36155

HIGH vulncheck_kev
Description

An 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.

Timeline
Published
2020-11-09 00:00 UTC
Last Modified
2020-11-09
CVSS Details

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Affected Products

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References

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Linked Vulnerabilities

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  "cvss": 0.0,
  "datePublished": "2020-11-09T00:00:00Z",
  "dateUpdated": "2020-11-09T00:00:00Z",
  "description": "An 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.",
  "dueDate": "",
  "id": "CVE-2020-36155",
  "kev_catalogs": [
    "vulncheck"
  ],
  "knownRansomwareCampaignUse": "Unknown",
  "product": "ultimate_member",
  "requiredAction": "Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.",
  "severity": "HIGH",
  "source": "vulncheck_kev",
  "title": "Ultimate Member ultimate_member Improper Privilege Management",
  "vendor": "Ultimate Member"
}
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