Answer in brief
CVE-2026-12073 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in ProfileGrid - User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.9.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Email Overwrite. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps metagauss/ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 9.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps metagauss/ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| metagauss/ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communitiesgeneric | 0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jun 30, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jun 30, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 30, 2026
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.9.5. This is due to the plugin not validating a `user_login` on registration forms that don't contain this parameter, and not properly handling the error messages. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change email address of user account with ID=1 (usually an administrator), and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.
Answer in brief
CVE-2026-12073 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in ProfileGrid - User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.9.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Email Overwrite. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps metagauss/ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 9.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps metagauss/ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| metagauss/ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communitiesgeneric | 0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jun 30, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jun 30, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 30, 2026
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.9.5. This is due to the plugin not validating a `user_login` on registration forms that don't contain this parameter, and not properly handling the error messages. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change email address of user account with ID=1 (usually an administrator), and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.