CVE-2026-2488 (GCVE-0-2026-2488)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-07 01:21
Modified
2026-04-08 16:51
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
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).
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities Version: 0   ≤ 5.9.8.1
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