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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2020-36156

Related Vulnerabilities

Apache HTTP Server Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size Vulnerability (CVE-2004-0940)

PostgreSQL Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability (CVE-2015-5289)

Django Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2013-6044)

PostgreSQL Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability (CVE-2015-0242)

Piwigo Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Vulnerability (CVE-2015-2035)

Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2020-36156 CWE-269 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities