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ProfileGrid EUVDEUVD-2026-52179

| CVE-2026-16289 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-08-03 WPScan GHSA-2cgw-vj45-mqq4
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 or obtain WordPress subscriber account
  2. Delivery
    Identify target group IDs via enumeration
  3. Exploit
    Send authenticated HTTP request to pending-request endpoint
  4. Execution
    Receive pending member names and request dates
  5. Impact
    Repeat for private groups to map membership activity

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

A valid WordPress account at subscriber role or higher is required - unauthenticated exploitation is not possible (CVSS PR:L). The target site must have the ProfileGrid plugin installed and active with at least one group configured. The vulnerability is triggered by directly calling the pending membership request listing endpoint with any target group ID; no special group membership or admin relationship to the target group is needed. Exploitation is limited to disclosure of pending member usernames and request dates only - passwords, email addresses, and group content are not exposed. The SSVC assessment notes the attack is not automatable, and the 3rd-percentile EPSS score indicates opportunistic mass exploitation is not observed. Sites that do not allow open user registration effectively have no exposure.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 score of 4.3 (Medium) is well-calibrated here: the attack vector is network-accessible (AV:N), complexity is low (AC:L), but a valid low-privilege account is required (PR:L) and impact is limited to partial confidentiality (C:L, I:N, A:N). EPSS at 0.13% (3rd percentile) strongly suggests opportunistic exploitation is rare despite the public POC on WPScan. SSVC corroborates this - exploitation is assessed as 'none' at time of analysis and the vulnerability is marked not automatable, suggesting targeted rather than mass exploitation. The exposed data (pending member names and request dates) is sensitive in privacy terms but does not include credentials, emails, or content, capping blast radius. This is a genuine medium-priority issue for sites that run private or sensitive-membership groups; for default public WordPress installations the real-world risk is low.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers a free subscriber-level account on a WordPress site running ProfileGrid. Using the public exploit code published by WPScan, they issue authenticated HTTP requests to the plugin's pending-request listing endpoint supplying arbitrary group IDs, including those of private groups they do not belong to. The plugin returns the names and request timestamps of all pending members for each queried group, enabling enumeration of private group activity across the site.

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 03, 2026

ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before version 6.0.0.0 exposes pending group membership request data to any authenticated user due to missing authorization checks on the listing endpoint. Any subscriber-level account can enumerate the names and request timestamps of users awaiting approval for any group, including groups configured as private. No active exploitation is confirmed (not in CISA KEV), though a public exploit exists via WPScan; EPSS of 0.13% (3rd percentile) places real-world exploitation probability as very low.

RemediationAI

Update the ProfileGrid WordPress plugin to version 6.0.0.0 or later, which introduces the missing authorization check on the pending membership request listing handler. The fix is confirmed as available per WPScan at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/815a2245-6477-42a1-b08a-fa308a830be3/. If an immediate update is not feasible, a compensating control would be to restrict authenticated access on the WordPress site to trusted users only (i.e., remove open subscriber registration), which eliminates the PR:L attack surface - note this may prevent legitimate user sign-ups. Disabling the pending membership request display feature at the plugin level, if such a toggle exists, would also mitigate exposure without broader impact.

Affected VersionsENISA

ProfileGrid 0 <6.0.0.0

Affected Packages

euvd profilegrid fix: 6.0.0.0

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 plugin providing group-based user profile and membership management (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:unknown:profilegrid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*). The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): the plugin's internal handler for listing a group's pending membership requests does not invoke a capability check - such as WordPress's native current_user_can() - before returning results. Properly implemented WordPress plugins must gate privileged data reads behind role-based authorization checks; the absence of this check means any authenticated user can supply an arbitrary group ID and receive the pending member list regardless of their relationship to that group.

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Severity by source

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

Network-accessible WordPress endpoint; subscriber account sufficient (PR:L); only pending member metadata disclosed so C:L; no write or availability impact applies.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/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
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Aug 03, 2026 - 17:37 NVD
4.3 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Aug 03, 2026 - 07:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 03, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 03, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 6.0.0.0 does not perform authorization checks when listing a group's pending membership requests, allowing any authenticated user such as a Subscriber to disclose the names and request dates of the users awaiting approval to join any group, including private ones.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress group membership and profile management plugin
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

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
None
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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