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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-8489
PUBLISHED
More InfoOfficial Page
Assigner-Wordfence
Assigner Org ID-b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-03 Jul, 2026 | 04:30
Updated At-03 Jul, 2026 | 04:30
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
Ultimate Member <= 2.11.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Non-HTML Custom Textarea Profile Field

The Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'about_me' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.11.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected Products
Vendor
Ultimate Member Group Ltdultimatemember
Product
Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 0 through 2.11.4 (semver)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-79CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-79
Description: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.16.4MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Version: 3.1
Base score: 6.4
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Metrics Other Info
Impacts
CAPEC IDDescription
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Exploits

Credits

finder
daroo
Timeline
EventDate
Vendor Notified2026-05-13 15:14:25
Disclosed2026-07-02 15:57:05
Event: Vendor Notified
Date: 2026-05-13 15:14:25
Event: Disclosed
Date: 2026-07-02 15:57:05
Replaced By

Rejected Reason

References
HyperlinkResource
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/229a4e61-571c-44c6-9972-4dfc743afffe?source=cve
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/um-filters-fields.php#L271
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/class-profile.php#L479
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/class-fields.php#L4577
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/class-form.php#L854
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/um-actions-form.php#L628
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.2/includes/core/um-filters-fields.php#L271
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.2/includes/core/class-profile.php#L479
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.2/includes/core/class-fields.php#L4577
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.2/includes/core/class-form.php#L854
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.2/includes/core/um-actions-form.php#L628
N/A
Hyperlink: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/229a4e61-571c-44c6-9972-4dfc743afffe?source=cve
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/um-filters-fields.php#L271
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/class-profile.php#L479
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/class-fields.php#L4577
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/class-form.php#L854
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/um-actions-form.php#L628
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.2/includes/core/um-filters-fields.php#L271
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.2/includes/core/class-profile.php#L479
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.2/includes/core/class-fields.php#L4577
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.2/includes/core/class-form.php#L854
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.2/includes/core/um-actions-form.php#L628
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