CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-2488
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized message deletion due to a missing capability check on the pg_delete_msg() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.1. This is due to the function not verifying that the requesting user has permission to delete the targeted message. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary messages belonging to any user by sen
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities","vendor":"metagauss","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.9.8.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6c990f7ba9f9efe5ecf5640d83c9a0f740092de99708c7c29b8bb6c885ce77d7 · sha256:a829a3eefb384729… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6c990f7ba9f9efe5ecf5640d83c9a0f740092de99708c7c29b8bb6c885ce77d7 · sha256:a829a3eefb384729… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
6 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.7.1/includes/class-profile-magic.php#L372"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6c990f7ba9f9efe5ecf5640d83c9a0f740092de99708c7c29b8bb6c885ce77d7 · sha256:a829a3eefb384729… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.7.1/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L5913"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6c990f7ba9f9efe5ecf5640d83c9a0f740092de99708c7c29b8bb6c885ce77d7 · sha256:a829a3eefb384729… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/includes/class-profile-magic.php#L372"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6c990f7ba9f9efe5ecf5640d83c9a0f740092de99708c7c29b8bb6c885ce77d7 · sha256:a829a3eefb384729… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L5913"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6c990f7ba9f9efe5ecf5640d83c9a0f740092de99708c7c29b8bb6c885ce77d7 · sha256:a829a3eefb384729… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3464213%40profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities&new=3464213%40profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6c990f7ba9f9efe5ecf5640d83c9a0f740092de99708c7c29b8bb6c885ce77d7 · sha256:a829a3eefb384729… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4c611fa0-28ef-4425-8614-fb61e250e625?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6c990f7ba9f9efe5ecf5640d83c9a0f740092de99708c7c29b8bb6c885ce77d7 · sha256:a829a3eefb384729… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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