Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
Ultimate Member <= 2.8.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Membership Status Change
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.
Affected products
3- Range: <=2.8.6
- ultimatemember/Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Pluginv5Range: 0
Patches
2f6818efbc23br3160947Vulnerability mechanics
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References
10- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/class-admin.phpmitre
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/class-admin.phpmitre
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/class-admin.phpmitre
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/class-admin.phpmitre
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/core/class-admin-users.phpmitre
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/core/class-admin-users.phpmitre
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8a7a7c039bde4539c07e049b19036192f1c133/includes/admin/core/class-admin-users.phpmitre
- github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/pull/1549mitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3160947/ultimate-member/trunk/includes/admin/class-admin.phpmitre
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7ffddc03-d4ae-460e-972a-98804d947d09mitre
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