High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 30, 2026· Updated Jul 30, 2026
CVE-2026-12687
CVE-2026-12687
Description
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <5.9.9.8
Patches
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