CVE-2025-13642 ProfilePress <= 4.16.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary shortcodes via the form preview endpoint due to insufficient input sanitization.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13642?
CVE-2025-13642 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in properfraction Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress, published on 9 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 4.16.7 due to insufficient input sanitization on the `type` parameter in the form preview functionality. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes via the `pp_preview_form` endpoint.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13642?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13642?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13642 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2025-13642 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13642 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3q9v-pr9m-m226.