CVE-2026-12251 - Ultimate Member < 2.12.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Role Selection Field

CVE-2026-12251 - Ultimate Member < 2.12.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Role Selection Field

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-12251
Published : July 31, 2026, 6 a.m. | 52 minutes ago
Description :The Ultimate Member WordPress plugin before 2.12.1 does not filter administrator-level capabilities from the roles it makes selectable on its registration forms, and its post-registration safeguard against elevated accounts is disabled by default, allowing unauthenticated users to register with a site-defined role that carries administrator capabilities and gain administrative access, when such a role exists and a role-selection field is present on a published registration form.
Severity: 0.0 | NA
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