Medium 5.6Published Oct 9, 2026

CVE-2026-96539WordPress Ultimate Member plugin <= 2.13.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:00 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 5.6 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-266
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Patchstack
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Ultimate Member Ultimate Member ultimate_member:ultimate_member (from the name)	through 2.13.1; fixed at 2.14.0	CNA record

References

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

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