WordPress plugin
Five Star Business Profile and Schema <= 2.3.19 — Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary Code Execution
CVE-2026-27436Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.3.19Update to 2.3.20 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Five Star Business Profile and Schema business-profile
- Affected≤ 2.3.19
- Patched in2.3.20
Update to 2.3.20 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.3.19. Version 2.3.20 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Five Star Business Profile and Schema.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.3.20, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Five Star Business Profile and Schema to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to daroo.
The Five Star Business Profile and Schema plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.19. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to execute code on the server.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Five Star Business Profile and Schema
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | 2.3.21 - Authenticated (Author+) Information Exposure 2.3.20 – 2.3.21Update to 2.4.0 | CVE-2026-86817 | |
| Medium5.4 | Subscriber+ Page Creation & Settings Update to Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.1.6Update to 2.1.7 | CVE-2021-25060 |
- Medium4.32.3.21 - Authenticated (Author+) Information Exposure
2.3.20 – 2.3.21Update to 2.4.0
- Medium5.4Subscriber+ Page Creation & Settings Update to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.1.6Update to 2.1.7
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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