{"id":"CVE-2026-39733","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-39733"],"related":[],"title":"ProfilePress WordPress plugin: basic XSS lets attackers inject scripts","description":"Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in properfraction ProfilePress wp-user-avatar allows Code Injection.This issue affects ProfilePress: from n/a through 4.17.7.","summary":"ProfilePress (also listed as wp-user-avatar) is a WordPress user profile plugin that fails to neutralize script-related HTML tags in a web page. An attacker can inject script code that runs in a visitor's browser.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["package","profilepress","wordpress","wp-user-avatar"],"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed ProfilePress version in the WordPress admin plugins list or with `wp plugin get profilepress`\n- Confirm whether the installed version is `4.17.7` or earlier, which the sources list as affected","fix":"- ProfilePress: move to a version later than `4.17.7`; the sources do not name the exact fixed version","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-07T09:17:15+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-07T09:46:25+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-07T09:47:56+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-07T09:47:56+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-07T09:47:56Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- ProfilePress: move to a version later than `4.17.7`; the sources do not name the exact fixed version\n- unknown","reach":"internet","title":"ProfilePress WordPress plugin: basic XSS lets attackers inject scripts","impact":"medium","summary":"ProfilePress (also listed as wp-user-avatar) is a WordPress user profile plugin that fails to neutralize script-related HTML tags in a web page. 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The sources do not say which page or user role is needed to trigger the injection, so the exact exposure is unknown.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"unknown","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":[],"ptokens":[],"labels":["medium","package","profilepress","wordpress","wpuseravatar"],"campaign_type":null,"search_a":"'-2026':11A,14A '-39733':12A,15A 'attack':7A 'basic':4A 'cve':10A,13A 'inject':8A 'let':6A 'plugin':3A 'profilepress':1A 'script':9A 'wordpress':2A 'xss':5A","search_b":"'also':24B 'attack':51B 'avatar':22B,30B 'browser':62B 'code':55B 'fail':38B 'html':44B 'inject':53B 'list':25B 'neutral':40B 'packag':16B 'page':49B 'plugin':36B 'profil':35B 'profilepress':17B,23B 'relat':43B 'run':57B 'script':42B,54B 'script-rel':41B 'tag':45B 'user':21B,29B,34B 'visitor':60B 'web':48B 'wordpress':18B,33B 'wp':20B,28B 'wp-user-avatar':19B,27B","search_c":"'4.17.7':94C 'affect':89C 'allow':85C 'avatar':84C 'basic':75C 'code':86C 'html':69C 'improp':63C 'injection.this':87C 'issu':88C 'n/a':92C 'neutral':64C 'page':74C 'profilepress':80C,90C 'properfract':79C 'relat':68C 'script':67C 'script-rel':66C 'tag':70C 'user':83C 'vulner':77C 'web':73C 'wp':82C 'wp-user-avatar':81C 'xss':76C","first_public_at":"2026-11-07T09:17:15+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","cvss_by":"audit@patchstack.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-39733","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39733","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-07T09:17:15+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-07T09:17:15+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-07T09:46:25+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-07T09:46:25+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"exploit_sources":[],"notice":"Free to read, with fair use of about 60 pages a minute. 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