CVE-2021-34622: Properfraction Profilepress

High severity, CVSS 8.8. 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. .

Affected products

• Properfraction Profilepress: from 3.0.0, up to and including 3.1.3

Published 2021-07-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.