Vulnerability · Published Feb 5, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-13416ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.7.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Suspension
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities from metagauss. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user suspension due to a missing capability check on the pm_deactivate_user_from_group() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.7.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to suspend arbitrary users from groups, including administrators, via the pm_deactivate_user_from_group AJAX action.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| metagauss | ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities | 0 – through 5.9.7.2 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/31c2cd54-f258-43ea-8db2-8d98ad7014d1?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L3167
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.6.5/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L3167
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3448434%40profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities&new=3448434%40profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=