# CVE-2026-92551: Cross-site scripting in Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via a crafted POST request to the ProfilePress plugin, potentially executing code in victim browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 3 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hrhc-ww66-gjhh

## What is CVE-2026-92551?

CVE-2026-92551 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in properfraction Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress, published on 3 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ppress_billing_address Filename Parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.17.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The vulnerability is exploitable via any page hosting the ProfilePress Tabbed Widget by supplying a malicious filename for the ppress_billing_address file upload field in a crafted POST request.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-92551?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-92551?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-92551 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-92551 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-92551 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-92551 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-92551 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in properfraction Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress, published on 3 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-92551 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: properfraction Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress. 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-2026-92551/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-92551/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-92551
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92551
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-92551

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-92551/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.