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

Fixed in 2.13.0

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Jakub Herman
Submitter
Jakub Herman
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

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)

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