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.
CVE-2026-1271 is a medium severity with CVSS 5.3 Authorization Bypass issue affecting the Plugin ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities. It affects Versions up to 5.9.7.2 and is fixed in 5.9.7.3.
CVE-2026-1271 is tracked for the Plugin ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities as medium severity with CVSS 5.3. The affected range is Versions up to 5.9.7.2. Update ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities to 5.9.7.3 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2026-1271 |
| Patched Versions |
5.9.7.3
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 5.9.7.2
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
ProfileGrid <= 5.7.8 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
ProfileGrid <= 5.7.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.4.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
ProfileGrid <= 5.9.4.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.8.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authorization Bypass to Privilege Escalation
ProfileGrid <= 5.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Option Update
ProfileGrid <= 5.3.0 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Password Reset
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities < 2.8.6 - Remote Code Execution
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