Vulnerability · Published Jul 24, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2026-12688ProfileGrid < 5.9.9.7 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass and Forced Group Membership via PayPal IPN Forgery
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity improper access control in ProfileGrid from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | ProfileGrid | 0 – before 5.9.9.7 |
Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b62a2c10-78da-4a7d-a6e1-f50ebf0763db/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description