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CVE-2026-4609

29
FAUCET Score

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.

First published: May 13, 2026Last modified: May 13, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
MetagaussProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups And Communities
>= 0, <= 5.9.8.4CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

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 Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 2nd percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/class-profile-magic-public.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/class-profile-magic-public.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/3491679
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c3678b4d-0cd0-4873-8cf3-90c557931f4c