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high7.5

CVE-2026-12687

The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.9.9.8 does not restrict which group an anonymous visitor may register into through its front-end registration, allowi…

Impact

The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.9.9.8 does not restrict which group an anonymous visitor may register into through its front-end registration, allowing unauthenticated users to register directly into a privileged group and be granted that group's configured role, up to Administrator when such a group exists, leading to privilege escalation.

Affected products

ProductAffected versions
ProfileGrid WordPress Plugin
before 5.9.9.8

Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.

Weakness classification

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