Vulnerability · Published Mar 7, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-2494ProfileGrid <= 5.9.8.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Group Membership Request Approval/Denial
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery 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 0.2% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.2. This is due to missing nonce validation on the membership request management page (approve and decline actions). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to approve or deny group membership requests via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| metagauss | ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities | 0 – through 5.9.8.2 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b8ffdb9-b8c6-428c-a047-8e5286b2c2fb?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/admin/partials/pm-membership-requests.php#L14
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.7.1/admin/partials/pm-membership-requests.php#L14
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3472582%40profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities&new=3472582%40profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=