CVE-2026-19848ProfilePress < 4.17.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Display Name
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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.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-74
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 21, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown ProfilePress unknown:profilepress (from the name) | before 4.17.1 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/362f4ed7-9637-4786-a72b-a48e9a12b9ff/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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