ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 6.0.0.2 — Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference
CVE-2026-62061Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤6.0.0.2Update to 6.0.0.3 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- 0.2% chance in 30 days9th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities
- Affected≤ 6.0.0.2
- Patched in6.0.0.3
Update to 6.0.0.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 6.0.0.2. Version 6.0.0.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 6.0.0.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Zenith.
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.0.2. This is due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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|---|---|---|---|
| High8.1 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection ≤6.0.0.4Update to 6.0.0.5 | CVE-2026-103693 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection ≤6.0.0.2Update to 6.0.0.3 | CVE-2026-94663 | |
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference <5.9.9.8Update to 5.9.9.8 | CVE-2026-16291 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤5.0.0.0Update to 6.0.0.0 | CVE-2026-16290 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤5.0.0.0Update to 6.0.0.0 | CVE-2026-16289 |
- High8.1Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
≤6.0.0.4Update to 6.0.0.5
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
≤6.0.0.2Update to 6.0.0.3
- Medium4.3Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
<5.9.9.8Update to 5.9.9.8
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤5.0.0.0Update to 6.0.0.0
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤5.0.0.0Update to 6.0.0.0
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST.org.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.