EUVD-2026-63913
GHSA-4v3w-374v-v8px
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Writing to profile fields requires a registered user session (PR:L); public page rendering is passive for victims (UI:N); impact is limited to partial PII disclosure and constrained content injection.
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CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
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The ProfilePress WordPress plugin before 4.17.1 does not strip shortcodes from two of its profile fields before rendering them on public pages, allowing unauthenticated attackers to store shortcodes that are then executed when the page is viewed, disclosing a chosen user's email address, login and registration date.
AnalysisAI
Stored shortcode injection in the ProfilePress WordPress plugin before 4.17.1 allows unauthenticated attackers to persist shortcodes in two unfiltered profile fields, which WordPress then executes when any visitor loads the public profile page. The impact is limited to information disclosure - exposing a targeted user's email address, login date, and registration date - but the attack requires no elevated privileges and no special configuration beyond default plugin deployment. …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires that ProfilePress is installed and active at a version prior to 4.17.1, that public-facing profile pages are accessible (the default for membership and community deployments), and that the attacker can create or control at least one user account to write to the vulnerable profile fields. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The NVD CVSS 6.5 with AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N describes a network-reachable, low-complexity attack requiring no authentication and no victim interaction. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in. |
| Remediation | Update ProfilePress to version 4.17.1 or later via the WordPress plugin dashboard or the WordPress plugin repository; this release strips shortcodes from the two affected profile fields before rendering. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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