WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Ultimate Member 2.6.7 - 2.12.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Role Field on Profile Forms
Description
The plugin does not validate a submitted role selection when it cannot resolve the set of roles a profile form permits, and screens the value against the site's registered role names rather than against the form's own allow-list, allowing unauthenticated users who register through the plugin's own form to grant themselves arbitrary capabilities and reach administrator-equivalent access.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
PRIVESC
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Jakub Herman
Submitter
Jakub Herman
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-08-26 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-08-26 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-27 (about 9 hours ago)