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

The Ultimate Member plugin for WordPress (versions prior to 2.1.12 ) is vulnerable to an unauthenticated privilege escalation via user meta. The root cause is that during the registration process, the update_profile function accepts any submitted metadata without sufficient validation. An attacke...

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...