What is CVE-2026-19848?

CVE-2026-19848 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Profilepress, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2026-19848?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Profilepress

CVE-2026-19848

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.

Published 2026-08-21 · last modified 2026-08-26.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Profilepress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/362f4ed7-9637-4786-a72b-a48e9a12b9ff/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-19848?: CVE-2026-19848 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Profilepress, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-19848?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.