WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress < 4.16.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Description

The 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, 4.16.4. 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 unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.16.5

References

Classification

Type
RCE
OWASP top 10
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
stealthcopter, Kishan Vyas
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-08-15 (about 8 months ago)
Added
2025-08-15 (about 8 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-08-16 (about 8 months ago)

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