ProfilePress WordPress Plugin < 4.17.2 Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation RCE
50Vexday Risk Score
Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck.
ssvc Actcvss 9.2epss 0.5%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDAug 31
VulnCheck+16d
exploitation probability
0.5%top 56% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
ProfilePress (wp-user-avatar) WordPress plugin before 4.17.2 contains an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins by brute-forcing a weak 32-bit connect token via the ppress_connect_process AJAX handler. Attackers can supply a caller-controlled URL through the file request parameter to trigger silent plugin installation and activation, achieving PHP code execution as the web-server user.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
Proper Fraction · ProfilePress