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ProfileGrid EUVDEUVD-2026-51946

| CVE-2026-16291 MEDIUM
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-08-02 WPScan GHSA-77fq-7qxg-43vp
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Register as Subscriber on target site
  2. Delivery
    Authenticate and obtain session token
  3. Exploit
    Send DELETE request with enumerated notification ID
  4. Execution
    Server skips ownership check
  5. Persist
    Delete victim's notification
  6. Impact
    Repeat across ID range

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an account with at least Subscriber-level authentication on the target WordPress site - on sites with open user registration, this is trivially obtainable by anyone. The vulnerability is present in the notification deletion functionality of ProfileGrid specifically; it does not affect installations where ProfileGrid is not active. No additional configuration or feature toggle is required beyond the plugin being installed and active. Exploitation is limited by the authentication prerequisite: sites that disable public user registration and restrict account creation to administrators significantly reduce the attacker pool to already-trusted users. There is no requirement for the attacker to know specific victim usernames - notification IDs alone are sufficient for exploitation.

Impact

The composite risk picture is moderate-to-low. CVSS 4.3 (Medium) and the impact dimensions (C:N/I:L/A:N) correctly reflect that the vulnerability is limited to deleting other users' notifications - a nuisance-tier integrity impact with no data exposure or availability consequence. EPSS at 0.13% (3rd percentile) indicates that exploitation has not been broadly observed in threat intelligence feeds, despite a publicly available exploit from WPScan. No CISA KEV listing is present, further corroborating the absence of confirmed active mass exploitation. The primary risk multiplier is deployment context: on community or membership sites where ProfileGrid is used for user communication, bulk deletion of notifications could disrupt workflows or be used for targeted harassment. The authentication requirement (PR:L) is a meaningful barrier on sites that do not allow open registration, but effectively disappears on sites with subscriber self-registration enabled. This is a real but niche-impact vulnerability - prioritize patching on community-facing WordPress installations; deprioritize on tightly controlled deployments with no public registration.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers a free Subscriber account on a WordPress site running a vulnerable version of ProfileGrid. Using the publicly available WPScan proof-of-concept, they iterate over sequential notification IDs in authenticated DELETE requests to the plugin's notification endpoint, successfully deleting other users' pending notifications without any server-side ownership check rejecting the requests.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 04, 2026

Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.9.9.8 allows any authenticated user - including low-privilege Subscribers - to delete arbitrary other users' notifications by enumerating integer notification identifiers. The plugin's notification deletion endpoint fails to verify that the requested notification belongs to the authenticated requester, exposing all users' notifications to deletion by any site member. A publicly available exploit exists per WPScan, though EPSS sits at 0.13% (3rd percentile), indicating low observed exploitation activity at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Update ProfileGrid to version 5.9.9.8 or later, which contains the vendor-released patch for this vulnerability (per WPScan advisory https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/899c2e96-39a9-4e1c-879b-40d6e629e712/). This is the primary and recommended remediation. As an interim workaround on sites that cannot immediately update, disabling open subscriber registration reduces the attacker pool to already-trusted authenticated users, mitigating opportunistic abuse - though this may be disruptive to community sites by design. There is no indication that the notification feature itself can be disabled independently without breaking ProfileGrid's core functionality. Rate-limiting or WAF rules on the notification deletion endpoint may reduce bulk enumeration but will not prevent targeted deletion by a determined authenticated user.

Affected VersionsENISA

ProfileGrid 0 <5.9.9.8

Affected Packages

euvd profilegrid fix: 5.9.9.8

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

ProfileGrid is a WordPress user management and community plugin (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:unknown:profilegrid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) that provides user profiles, groups, and notification systems. The root cause is CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key): the deletion handler accepts a notification ID as a user-supplied parameter and acts on it without confirming ownership - a textbook IDOR pattern. Because WordPress notification records are typically assigned sequential or predictable integer IDs, an attacker can trivially enumerate valid identifiers. The WordPress subscriber role requires only free registration on most sites, making the authentication barrier low. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N precisely characterizes the flaw: network-reachable, no complexity, low privilege, no interaction, limited integrity impact.

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Severity by source

Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Network-reachable IDOR requiring only Subscriber authentication; impact confined to deleting others' notifications with no confidentiality or availability consequence.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Aug 04, 2026 - 18:22 NVD
4.3 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Aug 02, 2026 - 07:00 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 02, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 02, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.9.9.8 does not verify that a notification belongs to the requesting user before deleting it, allowing any authenticated user such as a Subscriber to delete other users' notifications by enumerating notification identifiers.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress community/membership plugin, niche relative to core
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

42
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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