Is CVE-2020-36156 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-36156 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-36156?

CVE-2020-36156 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-36156?

CVE-2020-36156 has an EPSS score of 2.03% (79th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36156?

Upgrade ultimate member to 2.1.12 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-36156

CRITICALEPSS 79th pctl

9.9

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

ultimate memberNVD

Affected:< 2.1.12Fixed in:2.1.12CVE-2020-36156derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.03%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Third-Party Advisory1

wordpress.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12635	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24637	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-5689	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-3243	Critical	9.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2024-21888	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-0441	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.