CVE-2021-34622

CRITICAL EXPLOITED NUCLEI

ProfilePress 3.0.0-3.1.3 - Privilege Escalation via User Profile Update

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2021-34622 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). A Nuclei detection template is also available.

Description

A vulnerability in the user profile update component found in the ~/src/Classes/EditUserProfile.php file of the ProfilePress WordPress plugin made it possible for users to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator while editing their profile. This issue affects versions 3.0.0 - 3.1.3. .

Nuclei Templates (1)

WordPress ProfilePress <= 3.1.3 - Privilege Escalation

CRITICALVERIFIEDby Sourabh-Sahu

FOFA: body="/wp-content/plugins/profilepress"

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/06/easily-exploitable-critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-profilepress-plugin/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0412

EPSS Percentile 89.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2021-06-28

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (1)

properfraction/profilepress 3.0.0 - 3.1.3

Published Jul 07, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026