Critical severity9.9NVD Advisory· Published Jan 4, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-36156
CVE-2020-36156
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.
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Affected products
2- WordPress/Ultimate Member plugindescription
- Range: <2.1.12
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
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