CVE-2021-34622

8.8 highEPSS 4.1%

High (8.8) in properfraction profilepress. EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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. .

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-269
Published: 2021-07-07
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

properfraction:profilepress

References

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

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