CVE-2020-36157: An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Roles. Due to the lack of filtering on the role parameter that coul

critical Affects ultimate-member (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2021-01-04; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Roles. Due to the lack of filtering on the role parameter that coul

Package: ultimate-member (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <2.1.12
Fixed in: 2.1.12
Severity: critical CVSS 10.0
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 3% (87.3th percentile)
Published: 2021-01-04
Source: nvd

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