Ultimate Member – Profil utilisateur/utilisatrice, inscription, connexion, annuaire des membres, restriction de contenu et extension d’adhésion.

Journal des modifications

Important:

IMPORTANT: PLEASE UPDATE THE PLUGIN TO AT LEAST VERSION 2.6.7 IMMEDIATELY. VERSION 2.6.7 PATCHES SECURITY PRIVILEGE ESCALATION VULNERABILITY. PLEASE SEE THIS ARTICLE FOR MORE INFORMATION

2.14.0 2026-09-29

Enhancements

• Added: $form_id parameter to the action hooks um_before_form, um_before_{$mode}_fields, um_main_{$mode}_fields, um_after_form_fields, um_after_{$mode}_fields and um_after_form.
• Added: Action hook um_before_render_dynamic_modal_content for 3rd-party integration when the admin popup is opened.
• Added: Filter hooks um_email_validation_real_error_codes and um_email_validation_error_message for 3rd-party integration to change or make visible the real error message for email fields validation.
• Added: Threads field support in the UM Forms and Social Icons meta-row.

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Security issue related to an unauthenticated PHP Object Injection vulnerability. (Reported by Ananda Dhakal (Patchstack)). Added um_maybe_unserialize() function.
• Fixed: Security issue related to administrator Stored SQL Injection via Directory Search-Field Identifiers. (Reported by Ananda Dhakal (Patchstack)). Added sanitizing for the searching fields in the member directory.
• Fixed: Security issue related to an unauthenticated Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow vulnerability. (Reported by Ananda Dhakal (Patchstack)). Added unique nonce fields and attributes for requests.
• Fixed: CVE-2026-96270 security issue. Added sanitizing for the form_id attribute during the Ultimate Member forms submission. (Reported by Wordfence).
• Fixed: CVE-2026-93428 security issue. Fixed fields privacy when displaying the User Profile fields. (Reported by Wordfence).
• Fixed: Security issue related to Privilege Escalation. Fixed user account submission and nonce security. Reset the user if it hasn’t the ability to download the file. (Reported by Intrudify (Patchstack)).
• Fixed: is_url() validation for the social links fields.
• Fixed: unique_email validation. Parse primary and secondary email fields to make the email unique between them.

Templates Requiring Update

• profile/comments.php
• profile/posts.php
• login.php
• members.php
• profile.php
• register.php

Deprecated

• Deprecated: UM()->check_ajax_nonce and UM()->admin()->check_ajax_nonce() functions. Use WordPress native wp_verify_nonce(), check_admin_referer() and check_ajax_referer() instead with unique nonce field values. Left them now for backward compatibility.
• Deprecated: Using um_admin_scripts.nonce and um_scripts.nonce localized data in UM scripts. Left them still localized for backward compatibility.
• Deprecated: JS common action for '.um-ajax-action' class. It’s not used anymore in UM core and extensions and can be removed the same as AJAX handler for um_muted_action.
• Deprecated: Action hook um_run_ajax_function__{$hook} used in the um_muted_action handler.
• Marked as deprecate soon: in_group attribute for the fields in the UM Forms builder.

Note: Cached and optimized/minified assets(JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after the upgrade

2.13.1 2026-09-15

Enhancements

• Added: Fallback for wp-cli/wp-config-transformer library if the wp-config.php file isn’t writable.
• Added: Filter hook um_members_directory_filter_text 3rd parameter $is_default to check if it’s admin filtering or frontend query.
• Added: ‘Administrative capabilities ban’ option enabled by default after the first installation.
• Optimized: Slow SQL query for batch empty account status check.
• Optimized: Redundant SQL calls when editing the Profile page with callback dropdowns. Cached usermeta existence checks per user and key during a single load (Reported by @MissVeronica, author @faisalahammad).

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Security issue related to an unauthenticated visitor can store JavaScript that runs in an administrator’s session, through their own profile name. (Reported by Karthik Ramakrishnan and WPScan team). Fixed um_convert_tags() function and applied the escapers throughout the placeholder replacement.
• Fixed: Using LIKE compare for the text-type filters with custom usermeta table (Reported by @MissVeronica, author @faisalahammad).
• Fixed: « Can user edit this field? » field setting displaying only for the User Profile form fields.
• Fixed: Getting the pages list in the wp-admin UM > Settings > General > Pages section.
• Fixed: Displaying the field-type time on the User Profile page.
• Fixed: Using illegal_user_logins for the current admin user with the username specified in the illegal user logins list.

Deprecated

• Deprecated: Filter hook um_members_directory_filter_text_meta_value is fully deprecated, replacement isn’t required for the text-type filter field.

2.13.0 2026-08-24

Enhancements

• Added: Using illegal_user_logins filter to sanitize the user_login field value during registration or upgrade.
• Added: Using wp-cli/wp-config-transformer library to set Ultimate Member > API keys settings constants in wp-config.php instead of storing them in DB.
• Added: New user-capabilities functions UM()->common()->users()->can_view_user(), UM()->common()->users()->get_privacy_setting(), UM()->common()->users()->is_user_profile_private(), UM()->common()->users()->get_restricted_privacy_notice(), UM()->common()->users()->can_view_private_user_profile(), UM()->common()->users()->can_view_user_profile(). The future replacement for the um_can_view_profile() helper with different cases to check.
• Updated: Version of the WordPress native excluded functions to avoid the using them in the callbacks.

Bugfixes

• Fixed: WP_Filesystem() initialization optimization. Init WP_Filesystem() only once when it’s necessary.
• Fixed: Redirect on non-main queries (breaks Spectra and block themes). Added conditional check for the main query (based on @faisalahammad suggestions).
• Fixed: Registration form infinite loop – gdpr-register.php calls the_content recursively causing PHP fatal error. Excluded predefined UM pages and pages with [ultimatemember] shortcode from the list, render empty content for such pages if they are already selected to avoid PHP error (based on @faisalahammad suggestions).
• Fixed: Causes site-wide rest_cookie_invalid_nonce on all authenticated REST requests. Refactored admin notice handling to enhance security and flexibility. Removed using localized um_admin_scripts.nonce globally on wp-admin. It’s localized only on UM wp-admin pages. (based on @michaeldavisdcpersonal report and @faisalahammad suggestions).
• Fixed: Security issue when an unauthenticated visitor can read the content of comments awaiting moderation. (Reported by Alessandro Greco (Aleff) and Giovambattista Ianni, University of Calabria (UNICAL)).
• Fixed: Security issue related to an unauthenticated privilege escalation through the profile form role field. (Reported by Jakub Herman).
• Fixed: Security issue, CVE ID: CVE-2026-18547. Used ‘user_input’ allowed a tag list to sanitize HTML-enabled textarea fields. Deprecated Pickadate.JS and Pickatime.JS libraries for User Forms fields.
• Fixed: Member Directory type-button styles.
• Fixed: Added fallback for the date and time fields to show date and time using the WordPress native format.

Templates Requiring Update

• gdpr-register.php
• profile.php

Deprecated

• Deprecated: Pickadate.JS and Pickatime.JS libraries for User Forms fields. Used HTML native <input type="date" /> and <input type="time" /> instead.

Note: Cached and optimized/minified assets(JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after the upgrade

See changelog for all versions.