# CVE-2019-10271: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can modify profile and cover pictures of any other user, including administrators, by manipulating the user_id parameter in upload requests.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jun 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gghf-jvq8-2vgc

## What is CVE-2019-10271?

CVE-2019-10271 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Jun 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin 2.39 for WordPress. It allows unauthorized profile and cover picture modification. It is possible to modify the profile and cover picture of any user once one is connected. One can also modify the profiles and cover pictures of privileged users. To perform such a modification, one first needs to (for example) intercept an upload-picture request and modify the user_id parameter.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10271?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ultimatemember Ultimate Member.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-10271?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10271 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-10271 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10271 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-36155](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36155/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-36157](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36157/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-36156](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36156/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-1071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1071/): SQL injection in Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-3460](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3460/): Ultimate Member < 2.6.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-10271 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-10271 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Jun 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10271 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10271/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10271/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10271
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10271
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10271

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10271/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.