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CVE-2026-4609

Published: May 13, 2026

Modified: May 13, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.1

HIGH

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
metagauss	ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities	affected `0 - <= 5.9.8.4`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c3678b4d-0cd0-4873-8cf3-90c557931f4c?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L3280

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L3319

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3491679/

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