CVE-2026-85658 json
Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content <= 4.17.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'eup_bio' Biography Field (Entity-Encoded Shortcode Bracket)
published 2026-09-19 50 d ago modified 2026-09-21 48 d ago also EUVD-2026-83554
- cvss
- 8.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
- 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, 4.17.2 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.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 50 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b8486d1d-8a76-446e-867b-8db32499ebf8?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.2/src/ShortcodeParser/Builder/FrontendProfileBuilder.php#L339
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.2/src/ShortcodeParser/FrontendProfileTag.php#L133
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.2/src/Themes/DragDrop/ProfileFieldListing.php#L146
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.2/src/Classes/EditUserProfile.php#L337
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.2/src/Functions/GlobalFunctions.php#L1715
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset?reponame=&new=3682619%40wp-user-avatar%2Ftags%2F4.17.3&old=3666803%40wp-user-avatar%2Ftags%2F4.17.2
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3682604/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/ShortcodeParser/Builder/FrontendProfileBuilder.php
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-85658
- NVD CVE-2026-85658
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