CVE-2026-85658

What it is

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, 4.17.2 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 authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering.

Exploit odds

0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

1. 2026-09-19 08:16 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-09-21 13:33 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Details

Published

2026-09-19 08:16 UTC

Last modified

2026-09-21 13:33 UTC

Exploit probability

0.7% · EPSS, next 30 days

Weakness

CWE-94 · Code injection

Record status

Deferred

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 8.1

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges needed

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None