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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.4

CVE-2025-13642 json

ProfilePress <= 4.16.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

published 2025-12-09 11 mo ago modified 2026-11-03 5 d ago also EUVD-2025-201936

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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, 4.16.7 due to insufficient input sanitization on the `type` parameter in the form preview functionality. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes via the `pp_preview_form` endpoint.

Patch / fix

  • profilepress profilepress 4.16.8
  • profilepress user_registration,_login_form,_user_profile_&_membership 4.16.8
  • properfraction profilepress 4.16.8

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
11 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • properfraction Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
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References

Sources

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