Medium severity · published Aug 25, 2026
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)
6.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UM
Affected product
UM
Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin
ultimatemember
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18547
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18547
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/assets/js/common.js#L51
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/class-functions.php#L580
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.11.4/includes/core/class-form.php#L853
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.12.1/assets/js/common.js#L51
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.12.1/includes/class-functions.php#L580
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-member/tags/2.12.1/includes/core/class-form.php#L853
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