CVE-2026-12688 (GCVE-0-2026-12688)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-24 06:00 – Updated: 2026-07-24 19:43
VLAI
Title
ProfileGrid < 5.9.9.7 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass and Forced Group Membership via PayPal IPN Forgery
Summary
The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.9.9.7 does not verify PayPal IPN notifications before granting paid group membership, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge a payment notification and mark any user as a paid member of any group without any payment being made.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b62a2c10-78da-4a… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown ProfileGrid Affected: 0 , < 5.9.9.7 (semver)
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Credits
Revanth Hari Narayana Matte WPScan
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