CVE-2020-36155 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.62148.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ultimatemember	Ultimate Member

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ultimatemember:ultimate_member:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf13b0f8-5815-4d27-a276-5eff8985fc0b
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-01-04T17:22:46

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:23:09.548Z

Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-36155

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-04T18:15:13.620

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:28:49.863

Link: CVE-2020-36155

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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