CVE-2026-96539 PUBLISHED

WordPress Ultimate Member plugin <= 2.13.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Assigner: Patchstack
Reserved: 23.09.2026 Published: 09.10.2026 Updated: 09.10.2026

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Ultimate Member Ultimate Member ultimate-member allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Ultimate Member: from n/a through 2.13.1.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS Score: 5.6

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	High	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Ultimate Member
Product	Ultimate Member
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 2.13.1 (incl.)

Solutions

Update the WordPress Ultimate Member plugin to the latest available version (at least 2.14.0).

Credits

Ananda Dhakal (Patchstack) finder

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/ultimate-member/vulnerability/wordpress-ultimate-member-plugin-2-13-1-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve

Problem Types

Incorrect Privilege Assignment CWE

Impacts

Privilege Escalation