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ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities, CVE-2026-4609

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2026-4609

Published on
May 13, 2026
Research Description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the pm_invite_user function in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to add themselves or any registered user to any ProfileGrid group, including closed and paid groups, bypassing all authorization and payment gates.
Affected versions
max 5.9.8.5.
Status
vulnerable