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ProfilePress WordPress Plugin < 4.17.2 Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation RCE

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

Announced Source revision 1
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CVE-2026-66047

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-66047

ProfilePress

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "Proper Fraction",
    "product": "ProfilePress",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "4.17.2",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-66047

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

critical

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#5451 · Revision 1
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