CVE-2026-12073: ProfileGrid - User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.9.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Email Overwrite
metagauss · ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
Affected: metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 45% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.9.5. This is due to the plugin not validating a `user_login` on registration forms that don't contain this parameter, and not properly handling the error messages. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change email address of user account with ID=1 (usually an administrator), and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- metagauss · ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communitiesup to and including 5.9.9.5
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Weakness
- Insecure Direct Object Reference
- Vendor
- metagauss
- Published
- June 2026
CoverageNo articles yet
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