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CVE-2022-3361

MEDIUM 4.3

Ultimate Member – User Profile, User Registration, Login & Membership Plugin <= 2.5.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal via Shortcodes

CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Ultimate Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to directory traversal in versions up to, and including 2.5.0 due to insufficient input validation on the 'template' attribute used in shortcodes. This makes it possible for attackers with administrative privileges to supply arbitrary paths using traversal (../../) to access and include files outside of the intended directory. If an attacker can successfully upload a php file then remote code execution via inclusion may also be possible. Note: for users with less than administrative capabilities, /wp-admin access needs to be enabled for that user in order for this to be exploitable by those users.

CWE CWE-22
Vendor ultimatemember
Product ultimate member – user profile, registration, login, member directory, content restriction & membership plugin
Published Nov 29, 2022
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

ultimatemember / Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin
0 ≤ 2.5.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c7d5fbe-d272-46d4-9b33-889ba77dcc52?source=cve yuque.com: https://www.yuque.com/docs/share/23f988ad-1402-42f2-b8d2-c7a87a4022bd github.com: https://github.com/H4de5-7/vulnerabilities/blob/main/CVE-2022-3361.md wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-3361 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2805393%40ultimate-member&new=2805393%40ultimate-member&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Credits

Ruijie Li