CVE-2026-19848CWE-74
CVE-2026-19848
Medium · published August 21, 2026
What it is
The ProfilePress WordPress plugin before 4.17.1 does not strip shortcodes from two of its profile fields before rendering them on public pages, allowing unauthenticated attackers to store shortcodes that are then executed when the page is viewed, disclosing a chosen user's email address, login and registration date.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 6.5 · MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00306 · 22.2th percentile
- Weakness
- CWE-74 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
- Published
- 2026-08-21T16:16Z
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