CVE-2025-14081 Ultimate Member <= 2.11.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Profile Privacy Setting Bypass
Authenticated subscribers can bypass profile privacy restrictions to modify their own profile settings, ignoring administrator-defined role permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14081?
CVE-2025-14081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ultimatemember Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin, published on 17 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Ultimate Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Profile Privacy Setting Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.11.0. This is due to a flaw in the secure fields mechanism where field keys are stored in the allowed fields list before the `required_perm` check is applied during rendering. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access to modify their profile privacy settings (e.g., setting profile to "Only me") via direct parameter manipulation, even when the administrator has explicitly disabled the option for their role.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14081?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14081?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14081 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-14081 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14081 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-65hf-c38w-3rrh.