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CVE-2020-36155

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CVE-2020-36155

Published: Jan 4, 2021

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

10.0

CRITICAL

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

n/a

affected
n/a

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N

Attack Complexity

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Availability

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Privileges Required

None

Scope

Changed

User Interaction

None

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