CVE-2026-12073

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 v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3578435/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d35279d-299e-4ca2-8f84-165284e058c8?source=cve

Configurations

No configuration.

History

30 Jun 2026, 06:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-30 06:16

Updated : 2026-06-30 14:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-12073

Mitre link : CVE-2026-12073

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-12073

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-639

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

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