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CVE-2021-34621: ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 68.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-07-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

A vulnerability in the user registration component found in the ~/src/Classes/RegistrationAuth.php file of the ProfilePress WordPress plugin made it possible for users to register on sites as an administrator. This issue affects versions 3.0.0 - 3.1.3. .

Affected products

• properfraction Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – : from 3.0.0 through 3.1.3

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163973/WordPress-ProfilePress-3.1.3-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/06/easily-exploitable-critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-profilepress-plugin/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163973/WordPress-ProfilePress-3.1.3-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/06/easily-exploitable-critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-profilepress-plugin/

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