{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2020-36156", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Profile Update. Any user with wp-admin access to the profile.php page could supply the parameter um-role with a value set to any role (e.g., Administrator) during a profile update, and effectively escalate their privileges." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#developers" }, { "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-affect-100k-sites-using-ultimate-member-plugin/" }, { "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd4c4ece-7206-4788-8747-f0c0f3ab0a53" } ] }, "impact": { "cvss": { "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "CHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N", "version": "3.1" } } }