PT-2025-33593 · WordPress · Profilepress

Kishan Vyas + 1 · Published 2025-08-16 · Updated 2025-08-16 · CVE-2025-8878

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ProfilePress versions prior to 4.16.5

Description: The ProfilePress WordPress plugin is susceptible to arbitrary shortcode execution. The software does not properly validate a value before running do shortcode, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. This could potentially allow attackers to modify user data or steal information.

Recommendations: Update to ProfilePress version 4.16.5 or later.

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-8878

Affected Products

Profilepress

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8878 · Security Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/30229 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/ShortcodeParser/Builder/FrontendProfileBuilder.php#L339 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9309b8bf-f581-4a56-a1ed-3941ebb36127?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/ShortcodeParser/Builder/FrontendProfileBuilder.php#L318 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1956766338451427807 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1956750263391264791 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/Classes/RegistrationAuth.php#L131 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VolerionSec/status/1956692189741781213 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/ShortcodeParser/Builder/FrontendProfileBuilder.php#L329 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3345295 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/ShortcodeParser/Builder/FrontendProfileBuilder.php#L385 · Note