CVE-2020-36832: Indeed Membership Pro 7.3 - 8.6 - Authentication Bypass

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The Ultimate Membership Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions between, and including, 7.3 to 8.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to login as any user, including the site administrator with a default user ID of 1, via the username or user ID.

Affected products

azzaroco Ultimate Membership Pro: from 7.3 before 8.6.1 — fixed in 8.6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: azzaroco Ultimate Membership Pro 8.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://codecanyon.net/item/ultimate-membership-pro-wordpress-plugin/12159253
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9811025e-ab17-4255-aaaf-4f0306f5d281
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5341bbd-55bd-41ad-b5d1-d6b56c141277?source=cve

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