Description
The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.9.9.7 does not perform any authorization or ownership check on some of its private-message thread actions, allowing authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and above to soft-delete, tamper with the metadata of, and mark as read other users' private message threads.
Published: 2026-07-24
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-862
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Profilegrid
Profilegrid profilegrid
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Profilegrid
Profilegrid profilegrid
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.9.9.7 does not perform any authorization or ownership check on some of its private-message thread actions, allowing authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and above to soft-delete, tamper with the metadata of, and mark as read other users' private message threads.
Title ProfileGrid < 5.9.9.7 - Subscriber+ Cross-User Private Message Thread Deletion and Tampering via Missing Authorization
References

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Profilegrid Profilegrid
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-24T19:44:18.824Z

Reserved: 2026-06-19T08:40:31.614Z

Link: CVE-2026-12689

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-24T19:44:14.562Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-24T07:30:06Z

Weaknesses