---
id: CVE-2026-96539
title: >-
  Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Ultimate Member Ultimate
  Member ultimate-member allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Ultimate
  Member: from n/a through 2.13.1.
summary: >-
  Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Ultimate Member Ultimate
  Member ultimate-member allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Ultimate
  Member: from n/a through 2.13.1.
severity: medium
cvss: 5.6
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-266
published: '2026-10-09'
updated: '2026-10-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-09T13:20:48.273'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96539'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/ultimate-member/vulnerability/wordpress-ultimate-member-plugin-2-13-1-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve
    label: audit@patchstack.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-09T12:53:29.297Z'
---

## Overview

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Ultimate Member Ultimate Member ultimate-member allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Ultimate Member: from n/a through 2.13.1.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.