Ultimate Member < 2.1.12 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Meta

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 wpcapabilities user meta that defines a user's role. During the registration...

CVE-2020-36155

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2025-09-15 16:48:48+00:00| confirmed| https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/tree/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-36155.yaml 2025-09-17 21:02:35+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/beikokucyber.bsky.social/post/3lz2qaykzyw2n...

CVE-2020-36155

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 wpcapabilities user meta that defines a user's role. During the registration...

CVE-2020-36155

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 wpcapabilities user meta that defines a user's role. During the registration...

CVE-2020-36155

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 wpcapabilities user meta that defines a user's role. During the registration...

CVE-2020-36155

CVE-2020-36155 affects the WordPress plugin Ultimate Member (versions prior to 2.1.12). The vulnerability arises when registration data is passed to the plugin’s update_profile function, allowing an attacker to submit metadata (e.g., wp_capabilities[administrator]) that gets accepted, enabling un...

CVE-2020-36155

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 wpcapabilities user meta that defines a user's role. During the registration...