ProfilePress <= 4.16.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2025-13642
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published December 8, 2025
Last Updated December 9, 2025
Researcher Nguyen Ngoc Quang Bach (maysbachs)
Description

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, 4.16.7 due to insufficient input sanitization on the `type` parameter in the form preview functionality. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes via the `pp_preview_form` endpoint.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-user-avatar (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.16.7
Patched Version
  • 4.16.8
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