# CVE-2025-4593: WP Register Profile With Shortcode <= 3.6.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure

> Authenticated contributors can extract sensitive user data like hashed passwords via a shortcode in the WP Register Profile With Shortcode plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-826h-79qr-w724

## What is CVE-2025-4593?

CVE-2025-4593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in avimegladon WP Register Profile With Shortcode, published on 11 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP Register Profile With Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.2 via the 'rp_user_data' shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive data from user meta like hashed passwords, usernames, and more.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4593?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-4593?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4593 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4593 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4593 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4593 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in avimegladon WP Register Profile With Shortcode, published on 11 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4593 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: avimegladon WP Register Profile With Shortcode. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4593/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4593/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4593
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4593
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4593

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4593/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.