CVE-2026-4609
HIGH
7,1
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: low
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: low
Integrity: high
Availability: none
Description
AI Translation Available
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the pm_invite_user function in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to add themselves or any registered user to any ProfileGrid group, including closed and paid groups, bypassing all authorization and payment gates.
862
Missing Authorization
IncompleteCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Confidentiality
Integrity
Access Control
Availability
Potential Impacts:
Read Application Data
Read Files Or Directories
Modify Application Data
Modify Files Or Directories
Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Other)
Applicable Platforms
Technologies:
AI/ML, Database Server, Not Technology-Specific, Web Server
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3491679/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c3678b4d-0cd0-4873-8c…