WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2026-1271 Deferred

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities: A security weakness

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 5.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
Plugin slug
profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Feb 05, 2026
Weakness
CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

This CVE was published Feb 05, 2026 and is one of 55 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.7.2 via the 'pm_upload_image' and 'pm_upload_cover_image' AJAX actions. This is due to the update_user_meta() function being called outside of the user authorization check in public/partials/crop.php and public/partials/coverimg_crop.php. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change any user's profile picture or cover image, including administrators.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources