CVE-2025-8878
Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress <= 4.16.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
mediumImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
6.5
CVSS Score
6.5
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
4.16.5
Patched in
1d
Time to patch
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.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Low
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=4.16.4PublishedAugust 15, 2025
Last updatedAugust 16, 2025
Affected pluginwp-user-avatar
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