Ultimate Member <= 2.0.39 - Unauthorized Profile Modification

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2019-10271
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published June 15, 2019
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Clément CRUCHET
Description

An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin 2.0.39 for WordPress. It allows unauthorized profile and cover picture modification. It is possible to modify the profile and cover picture of any user once one is connected. One can also modify the profiles and cover pictures of privileged users. To perform such a modification, one first needs to (for example) intercept an upload-picture request and modify the user_id parameter.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ultimate-member (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.39
Patched Version
  • 2.0.40
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