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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2021-34622 json

ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation

published 2021-07-07 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-21272

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

A vulnerability in the user profile update component found in the ~/src/Classes/EditUserProfile.php file of the ProfilePress WordPress plugin made it possible for users to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator while editing their profile. This issue affects versions 3.0.0 - 3.1.3. .

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

4.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template WordPress ProfilePress <= 3.1.3 - Privilege Escalation nuclei detection template
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/06/easily-exploitable-critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-profilepress-plugin/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • ProfilePress ProfilePress
  • properfraction profilepress

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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