Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-85658 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-85658 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-85658?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.1, published 19 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- ProfilePress up to and including 4.17.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-85658?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-85658 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-85658?
- Check whether you run ProfilePress at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the plugin's handling of user-supplied input to the do_shortcode() function without proper sanitization or validation. Authenticated users with subscriber-level access and above can inject and execute arbitrary WordPress shortcodes. The issue affects all versions up to and including 4.17.2, and requires an attacker to be authenticated but does not require elevated privileges beyond subscriber level.
Affected products
- ProfilePress ProfilePress up to and including 4.17.2
Timeline
- 2026-09-19: disclosed