THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-34622
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2021-34622

Profilepress vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
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. .
Affected vendor
Properfraction
Affected product
Profilepress
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management
Published
2021-07-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-34622

  • Confirm whether Properfraction Profilepress is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-34622.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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