{"id":"CVE-2026-85658","published":"2026-09-19T08:16:54.770","lastModified":"2026-09-21T13:33:33.387","description":"The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 4.17.2 This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.","cvssScore":8.1,"cvssSeverity":"HIGH","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","cwes":["CWE-94"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.2/src/Classes/EditUserProfile.php#L337","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.2/src/Functions/GlobalFunctions.php#L1715","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.2/src/ShortcodeParser/Builder/FrontendProfileBuilder.php#L339","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.2/src/ShortcodeParser/FrontendProfileTag.php#L133","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.2/src/Themes/DragDrop/ProfileFieldListing.php#L146","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3682604/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/ShortcodeParser/Builder/FrontendProfileBuilder.php","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3682619%40wp-user-avatar%2Ftags%2F4.17.3&old=3666803%40wp-user-avatar%2Ftags%2F4.17.2","tags":[]},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b8486d1d-8a76-446e-867b-8db32499ebf8?source=cve","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":{"summary":"The flaw allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to execute arbitrary shortcodes, potentially leading to remote code execution.","exploitability":"Exploitation is relatively straightforward for attackers with subscriber-level access, as no validation is performed on the shortcode input.","blast_radius":"If exploited, the impact could be significant, as it affects all versions up to 4.17.2 and could lead to full site compromise.","remediation":"Upgrade to version 4.17.3 or later.","detection":"No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.","tags":["rce","web","shortcode-execution","wordpress"],"model":"qwen2.5:7b-instruct","analyzedAt":"2026-10-03T09:06:14.704Z"}}