CVE-2021-34622

HIGH 8.8CVE-2021-34622 · Published 07/07/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-34622 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting profilepress (properfraction).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.9%, higher than 92.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
profilepress properfraction	`≥ 3.0.0, ≤ 3.1.3`	No fix yet

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. .

References

wordfence.com/blog/2021/06/easily-exploitable-critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-profilepress-plugin · Exploit

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

profilepress

properfraction

≥ 3.0.0, ≤ 3.1.3

No fix yet

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