How broadly exploitable is this vulnerability?

It is exploitable by authenticated users with Contributor or higher roles who can craft posts that include the relevant shortcode and template tag, and who can cause an administrator to preview or view that content while logged in.

Does the attacker need administrative access to use this vulnerability?

No. The weakness allows lower-privileged users, such as Contributors, to indirectly trigger password reset token generation for administrators through content preview, enabling privilege escalation.

What is the safest general fix pattern for this issue?

Restrict password reset token generation to dedicated, user-initiated flows outside of user-generated content, and apply strict authorization checks so only appropriately privileged contexts can invoke sensitive template tags or APIs.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.0)

Improper Authorization of Password Reset Token Generation (CWE-285) in Ultimate Member WordPress Plugin

CVE-2026-4248

Published:

Mar 27, 2026

Status:

Awaiting Analysis

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

Remote Code Execution on the Router

April 6, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Remote Code Execution on Router Firmware

April 6, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Authorization / Access Control

CWE:

CWE-285

Impact:

Privilege Escalation and Account Takeover

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.0)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Authorization / Access Control

CWE:

CWE-285

Impact:

Privilege Escalation and Account Takeover

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.0)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Improper Authorization of Password Reset Token Generation (CWE-285) in Ultimate Member WordPress Plugin

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

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