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CVE-2020-36155

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.

CVSS 10.0 · CriticalBuzz score 11.9

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Buzz score total 11.9

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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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6.9
1 evidence mentions in the snapshot
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5.0
1 sources across 1 categories
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PoC score
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0 repos · best confidence N/A
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  • Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Affect 100K Sites Using Ultimate Member PluginWordfence

    On October 23, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team responsibly disclosed several vulnerabilities in Ultimate Member, a WordPress plugin installed on over 100,000 sites. These flaws made it possible for attackers to escalate their privileges to those of an administrator and take over a WordPress site. We initially reached out to the plugin’s developer on October … Read More

    vendorwww.wordfence.comNov 9, 2020, 3:15 PM

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