Medium severity · published Oct 16, 2026
CVE-2026-104003
Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content <= 4.17.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Comment Content Rendered on ProfilePress User Profile 'Comments' Tab
5.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The WP User Avatar / ProfilePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Shortcode Execution in versions up to, and including, 4.17.5. This is due to the get_user_profile_structure() function assembling the front-end profile buffer — which includes raw comment excerpts inlined by author_comment_query() — and passing the entire buffer to do_shortcode() after only a narrow neutralization pass (ppress_neutralize_buffer_shortcodes) that blocks pp-custom-html and bracket fragments containing HTML delimiters but leaves any other well-formed shortcode intact. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary shortcodes (from any active plugin or theme) with attacker-chosen attributes by posting a comment whose body contains the shortcode markup; the shortcode is then executed server-side when any visitor loads the target's front-end profile Comments tab, letting the attacker reach capability-gated or data-returning shortcodes and inject raw HTML markup into a publicly viewable page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 13% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
Affected product
PM
Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress
properfraction
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104003
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-104003
pastebin.com
https://pastebin.com/raw/pCgrW6Pf
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.5/src/Functions/GlobalFunctions.php#L1768
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.5/src/ShortcodeParser/Builder/FrontendProfileBuilder.php#L169
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.5/src/ShortcodeParser/FrontendProfileTag.php#L142
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.5/src/Themes/DragDrop/UserProfile/DefaultTemplate.php#L379
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.17.6/src/ShortcodeParser/FrontendProfileTag.php
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