WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Ultimate Member < 2.12.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Role Selection Field

Description

The plugin does not filter administrator-level capabilities from the roles it makes selectable on its registration forms, and its post-registration safeguard against elevated accounts is disabled by default, allowing unauthenticated users to register with a site-defined role that carries administrator capabilities and gain administrative access, when such a role exists and a role-selection field is present on a published registration form.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.12.1

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Haitam Lazaar
Submitter
Haitam Lazaar
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-07-14 (about 14 days ago)
Added
2026-07-14 (about 13 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-07-23 (about 4 days ago)

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