CVE-2020-36157

EUVD-2020-23735
An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Roles. Due to the lack of filtering on the role parameter that could be supplied during the registration process, an attacker could supply the role parameter with a WordPress capability (or any custom Ultimate Member role) and effectively be granted those privileges.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
10 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
10 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 81%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
ultimatememberultimate_member
𝑥
< 2.1.12
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
References
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/33f059c5-58e5-44b9-bb27-793c3cedef3b
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/33f059c5-58e5-44b9-bb27-793c3cedef3b
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/