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CVE-2021-34621

ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
June 10, 2021
Published Date
July 07, 2021
Last Updated
October 15, 2024
Vendor
ProfilePress
Product
ProfilePress
Description
A vulnerability in the user registration component found in the ~/src/Classes/RegistrationAuth.php file of the ProfilePress WordPress plugin made it possible for users to register on sites as an administrator. This issue affects versions 3.0.0 - 3.1.3. .
Tags
wordpress php nuclei_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score

Score
91.15% (Percentile: 99.61%) as of 2025-05-12

SSVC Information

Exploitation
poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2021-06-28 11:22:25 UTC) Source

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/06/easily-exploitable-critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-profilepress-plugin/ http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163973/WordPress-ProfilePress-3.1.3-Privilege-Escalation.html

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
Wordfence 2021-06-28 11:22:25 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-34621.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

navreet1425/CVE-2021-34621

Type: github • Created: 2023-09-30 14:36:58 UTC • Stars: 3

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Detected by Nuclei