Medium severity · published Mar 7, 2026
CVE-2026-2494
ProfileGrid <= 5.9.8.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Group Membership Request Approval/Denial
4.3
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.2. This is due to missing nonce validation on the membership request management page (approve and decline actions). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to approve or deny group membership requests via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PU
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities · metagauss
through 5.9.8.2 · source: vendor
Affected product
PU
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
metagauss
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2494
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2494
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.7.1/admin/partials/pm-membership-requests.php#L14
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/admin/partials/pm-membership-requests.php#L14
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3472582%40profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities&new=3472582%40profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b8ffdb9-b8c6-428c-a047-8e5286b2c2fb?source=cve
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