PT-2018-17834 · WordPress · Ultimate Member

Published 2018-02-16 · Updated 2019-08-28 · CVE-2018-6944

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions UltimateMember plugin version 2.0

Description The issue arises from a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the core/lib/upload/um-file-upload.php file of the UltimateMember plugin. This vulnerability occurs because the plugin fails to properly sanitize user input passed to the $temp variable.

Recommendations For UltimateMember plugin version 2.0, ensure that user input passed to the $temp variable is properly sanitized to prevent cross-site scripting attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6944

Affected Products

Ultimate Member

References · 5

• 🔥 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146403/WordPress-UltimateMember-2.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6944 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6944 · Note
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9705 · Note