Ultimate Member <= 2.0.39 - Privilege Escalation

8.8
Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2019-10270
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published June 15, 2019
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Clément CRUCHET

Description

An arbitrary password reset issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin 2.0.39 for WordPress. It is possible (due to lack of verification and correlation between the reset password key sent by mail and the user_id parameter) to reset the password of another user. One only needs to know the user_id, which is publicly available. One just has to intercept the password modification request and modify user_id. It is possible to modify the passwords for any users or admin WordPress Ultimate Members. This could lead to account compromise and privilege escalation.

References

Share

Vulnerability Details for Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ultimate-member (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.0.40, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.39
Patched Version
  • 2.0.40

Did you know Wordfence Intelligence provides free personal and commercial API access to our comprehensive WordPress vulnerability database, along with a free webhook integration to stay on top of the latest vulnerabilities added and updated in the database? Get started today!

Learn more

Want to get notified of the latest vulnerabilities that may affect your WordPress site?
Install Wordfence on your site today to get notified immediately if your site is affected by a vulnerability that has been added to our database.

Get Wordfence

The Wordfence Intelligence WordPress vulnerability database is completely free to access and query via API. Please review the documentation on how to access and consume the vulnerability data via API.

Documentation