FKIE_CVE-2026-2488

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-07 02:16 - Updated: 2026-04-22 21:27
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
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 sending a direct request with a valid message ID (mid parameter).
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.7.1/includes/class-profile-magic.php#L372
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.7.1/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L5913
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/includes/class-profile-magic.php#L372
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L5913
security@wordfence.comhttps://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=
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4c611fa0-28ef-4425-8614-fb61e250e625?source=cve
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      "value": "El plugin ProfileGrid \u2013 Perfiles de Usuario, Grupos y Comunidades para WordPress es vulnerable a la eliminaci\u00f3n no autorizada de mensajes debido a una falta de verificaci\u00f3n de capacidad en la funci\u00f3n pg_delete_msg() en todas las versiones hasta la 5.9.8.1, inclusive. Esto se debe a que la funci\u00f3n no verifica que el usuario solicitante tenga permiso para eliminar el mensaje objetivo. Esto hace posible que atacantes autenticados, con acceso de nivel Suscriptor y superior, eliminen mensajes arbitrarios pertenecientes a cualquier usuario enviando una solicitud directa con un ID de mensaje v\u00e1lido (par\u00e1metro mid)."
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  "id": "CVE-2026-2488",
  "lastModified": "2026-04-22T21:27:27.950",
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