ProfilePress <= 4.16.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| properfraction | Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress | up to 4.16.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress Vendorproperfraction Affected up to 4.16.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:properfraction:profilepress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | properfraction |
- cpe:2.3:a:properfraction:profilepress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·properfraction
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13642
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3q9v-pr9m-m226
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4736d139-814e-4eeb-91e8-5ee41fc35a8f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/Classes/FormPreviewHandler.php#L71
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/Classes/FormPreviewHandler.php#L15
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3408055/
More properfraction vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-13635 ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-13638 ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Arbitrary File Upload in File Uploader Component CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-13637 ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Arbitrary File Upload in Image Uploader Component CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-13636 ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-12168 ProfilePress < 4.15.20 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2024-12167 ProfilePress < 4.15.20 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-13642 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-13642 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3q9v-pr9m-m226 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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