CVE-2020-36156

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 4, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-36156: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix