ProfileGrid <= 5.9.8.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Message Deletion
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized message deletion due to a missing capability check on the pg_delete_msg() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.1. This is due to the function not verifying that the requesting user has permission to delete the targeted message. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary messages belonging to any user by sending a direct request with a valid message ID (mid parameter).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-2488
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-237r-7322-3fvf
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4c611fa0-28ef-4425-8614-fb61e250e625?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L5913
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.7.1/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L5913
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/includes/class-profile-magic.php#L372
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.7.1/includes/class-profile-magic.php#L372
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3464213%40profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities&new=3464213%40profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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Sources
- CVE-2026-2488 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-2488 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-237r-7322-3fvf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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