CVE-2020-36156

Description

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.

CVSS Version 3.1

nvd

CVE ID: CVE-2020-36156
Base Score: 8.8
Base Severity: HIGH
Vector String:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.8

mitre

CVE ID: CVE-2020-36156
Base Score: 9.9
Base Severity: CRITICAL
Vector String:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 6.0
Exploitability Score: 3.1

CVSS Version 2.0

nvd

CVE ID: CVE-2020-36156
Base Score: 6.5
Base Severity: MEDIUM
Vector String:AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Refrence: NVDMITRE