WordPress The Grid plugin <= 2.8.0 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-266Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.
Summary
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in ThemeOne The Grid allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects The Grid: from n/a through 2.8.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00417 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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-2026-28191
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j4gc-gw6h-2jh6
References
More ThemeOne vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-75237 Code injection in WordPress The Grid plugin allows command execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-19642 WordPress The Grid plugin <= 2.8.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-19641 WordPress The Grid plugin <= 2.8.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-19643 WordPress The Grid plugin <= 2.8.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-28191 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-28191 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j4gc-gw6h-2jh6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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