CVE-2025-4593
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe WP Register Profile With Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.2 via the 'rp_user_data' shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive data from user meta like hashed passwords, usernames, and more.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe WP Register Profile With Shortcode plugin for WordPress contains a sensitive information exposure vulnerability in the 'rp_user_data' shortcode in all versions up to 3.6.2. Authenticated users with Contributor-level access and above can exploit this shortcode to extract sensitive user metadata including hashed passwords, usernames, and other protected data.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm plugin installationNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and look for 'WP Register Profile With Shortcode' in the list of active pluginsAffected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Check installed versionIn the Plugins page, locate the WP Register Profile With Shortcode plugin and view its version number displayed beneath the plugin nameAffected if The version is 3.6.2 or lower (any version up to and including 3.6.2 is affected)
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Identify accessible shortcodesReview pages, posts, or widgets where the [rp_user_data] shortcode may be embedded, or test by inserting the shortcode in a test page to confirm it executesAffected if The rp_user_data shortcode is present and executes without error
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Audit user roles with shortcode accessGo to Users > All Users in WordPress admin and review which users have Contributor-level access or higher, as these roles can potentially exploit the shortcodeAffected if There are users with Contributor, Author, Editor, or Administrator roles who could access the shortcode
You are affected if the WP Register Profile With Shortcode plugin is installed at version 3.6.2 or lower and users with Contributor-level or higher access can execute the rp_user_data shortcode.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the plugin to the latest version (3.6.3 or later) which should contain a fix for this vulnerability. Additionally, audit user roles and permissions to ensure only trusted users have access to shortcode execution capabilities.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-4593 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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