CVE-2026-18547
Ultimate Member <= 2.12.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Textarea Profile Field with HTML Support (DOM Gadget via id Attribute)
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- Aug 25, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 31, 2026
Description
The Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Textarea Profile Field with HTML Support (DOM Gadget via id Attribute) in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.1 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. This is possible because the wp_kses 'templates' allowlist permits the id attribute on div elements but does not neutralize unescaped quotes within its value; when pickadate.js concatenates the stored id value into an HTML string via jQuery .html() on profile page load, the smuggled onfocus and autofocus attribute syntax breaks out of attribute context and executes as JavaScript.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Pluginultimatemember |
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References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a7961bcc-eae7-40e1-8838-9755c7655500?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.12.1/includes/core/class-form.php#L853
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.12.1/includes/class-functions.php#L580
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.12.1/assets/js/common.js#L51
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/class-form.php#L853
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/class-functions.php#L580
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/assets/js/common.js#L51
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3663931%40ultimate-member&new=3663931%40ultimate-member
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