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CVE-2025-8878 Details

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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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/Classes/RegistrationAuth.php#L131	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/ShortcodeParser/Builder/FrontendProfileBuilder.php#L318	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/ShortcodeParser/Builder/FrontendProfileBuilder.php#L329	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/ShortcodeParser/Builder/FrontendProfileBuilder.php#L339	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/trunk/src/ShortcodeParser/Builder/FrontendProfileBuilder.php#L385	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3345295/	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9309b8bf-f581-4a56-a1ed-3941ebb36127?source=cve	[email protected]	AdvisoryRemedy

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-94	Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ProfilePress Paid Membership Plugin	<= 4.16.4 (semver)
CPE cpe:2.3:a:profilepress:user_registration,_login_form,_user_profile_&_membership::::::wordpress::* Remediation Upgrade: 4.16.5moderate effort
ProfilePress Ecommerce	All versions
CPE No CPEs found in CPE dictionary for this product. Remediation No remediation found in references.
ProfilePress User Registration Form	All versions
CPE No CPEs found in CPE dictionary for this product. Remediation No remediation found in references.
ProfilePress Login Form	All versions
CPE No CPEs found in CPE dictionary for this product. Remediation No remediation found in references.
ProfilePress User Profile	All versions
CPE No CPEs found in CPE dictionary for this product. Remediation No remediation found in references.
ProfilePress Restrict Content	All versions
CPE No CPEs found in CPE dictionary for this product. Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

3 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Aug 16, 2025	New CVE Received	[email protected]

CVE-2025-8878 Details

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