CVE-2026-2494: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.2. This is due to missing nonce validation on the membership request management page (approve and decline actions). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to approve or deny group membership requests via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-2494 is a CSRF vulnerability in the ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities WordPress plugin affecting all versions up to 5.9.8.2. The issue arises from missing nonce validation on the membership request management page, specifically for approve and decline actions. This allows attackers to craft malicious requests that, if executed by an authenticated site administrator, can approve or deny group membership requests without proper authorization. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N), reflecting a network attack vector with low complexity and requiring user interaction but no privileges. The impact is limited to low integrity loss without confidentiality or availability impact. No patch or vendor advisory is currently referenced.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause a site administrator to unknowingly approve or deny group membership requests by tricking them into performing an action such as clicking a crafted link. This could lead to unauthorized changes in group membership status, potentially impacting group management integrity. There is no direct confidentiality or availability impact reported. No known exploits have been observed in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, administrators should be cautious about clicking on untrusted links while logged into the WordPress admin interface. Implementing additional CSRF protections such as nonce validation on the membership request management page is recommended once a patch or update is released.
CVE-2026-2494: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
Description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.2. This is due to missing nonce validation on the membership request management page (approve and decline actions). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to approve or deny group membership requests via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-2494 is a CSRF vulnerability in the ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities WordPress plugin affecting all versions up to 5.9.8.2. The issue arises from missing nonce validation on the membership request management page, specifically for approve and decline actions. This allows attackers to craft malicious requests that, if executed by an authenticated site administrator, can approve or deny group membership requests without proper authorization. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N), reflecting a network attack vector with low complexity and requiring user interaction but no privileges. The impact is limited to low integrity loss without confidentiality or availability impact. No patch or vendor advisory is currently referenced.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause a site administrator to unknowingly approve or deny group membership requests by tricking them into performing an action such as clicking a crafted link. This could lead to unauthorized changes in group membership status, potentially impacting group management integrity. There is no direct confidentiality or availability impact reported. No known exploits have been observed in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, administrators should be cautious about clicking on untrusted links while logged into the WordPress admin interface. Implementing additional CSRF protections such as nonce validation on the membership request management page is recommended once a patch or update is released.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-13T21:16:27.567Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69ac8b60c48b3f10ffc6f68e
Added to database: 3/7/2026, 8:32:32 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 6:42:18 PM
Last updated: 4/21/2026, 11:24:52 AM
Views: 88
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