CVE-2026-57697 PUBLISHED

WordPress ProfileGrid plugin <= 5.9.9.6 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

Assigner: Patchstack
Reserved: 25.06.2026 Published: 13.07.2026 Updated: 13.07.2026

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Metagauss ProfileGrid profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities allows Password Recovery Exploitation.This issue affects ProfileGrid : from n/a through <= 5.9.9.6.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.5

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Metagauss
Product	ProfileGrid
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 5.9.9.6 (incl.)

Credits

Jakub Herman | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program finder

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/vulnerability/wordpress-profilegrid-plugin-5-9-9-6-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Problem Types

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel CWE

Impacts

Password Recovery Exploitation