Plugins · business-profile · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Five Star Business Profile and Schema safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 2.5.0
- Last updated
- 2026-10-22
- Active installs
- 7,000+
- Known issues on record
- 3
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4
Add structured data to any page or post type. Create an SEO friendly contact card with your business info and associated schema. — by Rustaurius
What to do
- Update to the latest version (2.5.0). Anything older than 2.4.0 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get business-profile --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update business-profile updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
3 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 4.9 CVE-2026-86817 · published 2026-10-04
Information disclosure in Five Star Business Profile and Schema (2.3.20 up to (not including) 2.4.0)
- Affected
- 2.3.20 up to (not including) 2.4.0
- Fixed in
- 2.4.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Five Star Business Profile and Schema WordPress plugin before 2.4.0 does not properly restrict the callbacks used to resolve schema field default values, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to store input that discloses sensitive data, including other users' password hashes and arbitrary site option values, in public output readable by unauthenticated visitors.
critical 9.1 CVE-2026-27436 · published 2026-07-02
Remote code execution in Five Star Business Profile and Schema (2.3.19 and older)
- Affected
- 2.3.19 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.3.20 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Editor Arbitrary Code Execution in Five Star Business Profile and Schema <= 2.3.19 versions.
medium 5.4 CVE-2021-25060 · published 2022-02-21
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Five Star Business Profile and Schema (older than 2.1.7)
- Affected
- older than 2.1.7
- Fixed in
- 2.1.7
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- advisory text · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The Five Star Business Profile and Schema WordPress plugin before 2.1.7 does not have any authorisation and CSRF in its bpfwp_welcome_add_contact_page and bpfwp_welcome_set_contact_information AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscribers, to call them. Furthermore, due to the lack of sanitisation, it also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues
Recent activity
- 2026-10-22 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.5.0).
- 2026-10-04 — Information disclosure disclosed (CVE-2026-86817), fixed in 2.4.0.
- 2026-07-02 — Remote code execution disclosed (CVE-2026-27436), fixed in 2.3.20.
- 2022-02-21 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2021-25060), fixed in 2.1.7.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by Rustaurius (7 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Sensitive data exposure (1) · Remote code execution (1) · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/business-profile (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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