🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-7761

HIGH 8.8

Ultimate Member <= 2.11.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Account Takeover via Password Reset Link Disclosure

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Ultimate Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Account Takeover via Password Reset Link Disclosure in all versions up to and including 2.11.4. This is due to a chain of three logic bugs: (1) an MD5 hash fallback in get_directory_by_hash() that allows any post to be used as a member directory by computing SUBSTRING(MD5(post_id), 11, 5), (2) a strstr() parsing logic flaw in post_data() that allows bypassing WordPress's protected meta key restrictions by placing '_um_' anywhere in the meta key name rather than at the start, and (3) missing field name validation in build_user_card_data() that allows arbitrary field names including 'password_reset_link' to be passed to um_filtered_value(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to create a malicious post via XMLRPC with crafted meta fields, use the MD5 fallback to point the member directory AJAX handler to their post, inject 'password_reset_link' into the tagline_fields configuration, and leak live password reset URLs for all users in the member directory response, including administrators.

CWE CWE-862
Vendor ultimatemember
Product ultimate member – user profile, registration, login, member directory, content restriction & membership plugin
Published Jun 24, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 ≤ 2.11.4

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9aff7b03-4f03-434c-be87-b10ceeb4e625?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/trunk/includes/core/class-member-directory.php#L2726 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/class-member-directory.php#L2726 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/trunk/includes/core/class-member-directory.php#L289 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/class-member-directory.php#L289 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/trunk/includes/core/class-query.php#L439 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/class-query.php#L439 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/trunk/includes/um-short-functions.php#L2611 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/um-short-functions.php#L2611 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3569970/

Credits

Kevin Wydler