CVE-2026-66047

critical · 9.2

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.

9.2

CVSS

0.9%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

60th

EPSS percentile

2026-08-31

Published

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weaknesses

CWE-306CWE-330

References

https://profilepress.com/changelog/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatar/
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/profilepress-wordpress-plugin-unauthenticated-arbitrary-plugin-installation-rce

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-66047