CVE-2026-12073
ProfileGrid - User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.9.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Email Overwrite
criticalAuthorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
9.8
CVSS Score
9.8
CVSS Score
critical
Severity
5.9.9.6
Patched in
1d
Time to patch
Description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.9.5. This is due to the plugin not validating a `user_login` on registration forms that don't contain this parameter, and not properly handling the error messages. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change email address of user account with ID=1 (usually an administrator), and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=5.9.9.5PublishedJune 29, 2026
Last updatedJune 30, 2026
Affected pluginprofilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities
Source Code
WordPress.org SVNVulnerable v5.9.9.3
Patched
Patched version not available.
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