XSS in Metagauss Profilegrid – User Profiles, Groups And Communities
CVE-2026-4610
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'pm_author_message' parameter in the pm_send_message_to_author function in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.9.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 5.9.8.5.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 25.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/34c64a8b-32ad-4349-b593-933fc…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communi…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communi…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communi…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communi…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3538301/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-4610?
- CVE-2026-4610 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid – User Profiles, Groups And Communities, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-06-23.
- How severe is CVE-2026-4610?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.