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CVE-2026-1271: ProfileGrid <= 5.9.7.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Profile and Cover Image Modification

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-02-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

Description

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.7.2 via the 'pm_upload_image' and 'pm_upload_cover_image' AJAX actions. This is due to the update_user_meta() function being called outside of the user authorization check in public/partials/crop.php and public/partials/coverimg_crop.php. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change any user's profile picture or cover image, including administrators.

Affected products

• metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities: through 5.9.7.2

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.6.7/public/partials/coverimg_crop.php#L60
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.6.7/public/partials/crop.php#L73
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/partials/coverimg_crop.php#L60
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/partials/crop.php#L73
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3448434%40profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities&new=3448434%40profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/712535ce-8c38-4944-aa0a-36d9bacaeb67?source=cve

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