Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-8520
CVE-2024-8520
Description
The Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the admin_init or user_action_hook function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify a users membership status via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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Affected products
3<=2.8.6+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=2.8.6
- (no CPE)
- ultimatemember/Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Pluginv5Range: 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/pull/1549nvdPatch
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3160947/ultimate-member/trunk/includes/admin/class-admin.phpnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7ffddc03-d4ae-460e-972a-98804d947d09nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/class-admin.phpnvdProduct
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/class-admin.phpnvdProduct
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/class-admin.phpnvdProduct
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/class-admin.phpnvdProduct
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/core/class-admin-users.phpnvdProduct
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/core/class-admin-users.phpnvdProduct
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/core/class-admin-users.phpnvdProduct
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