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GHSA-237R-7322-3FVF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-07 03:30 – Updated: 2026-03-07 03:30

Details

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).

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-2488 (GCVE-0-2026-2488)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-07 01:21 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:51

Title

ProfileGrid <= 5.9.8.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Message Deletion

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-03-09 19:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2380 records in the last 180 days details

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
metagauss	ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities	Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.9.8.1 (semver)

Credits

Sergej Ljubojevic Boris Bogosavac

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