RCE in Properfraction Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Profile & Restrict Content – Profilepress
CVE-2026-85658
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.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-85658?
- CVE-2026-85658 is a high-severity vulnerability in Properfraction Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Profile & Restrict Content – Profilepress, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-09-19.
- How severe is CVE-2026-85658?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.