CVE-2025-13416

Description

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user suspension due to a missing capability check on the pm_deactivate_user_from_group() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.7.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to suspend arbitrary users from groups, including administrators, via the pm_deactivate_user_from_group AJAX action.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-11-19 | Published 2026-02-05 | Updated 2026-02-05 | Assigner Wordfence

Problem types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Product status

Timeline

Credits

Athiwat Tiprasaharn finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-f258-43ea-8db2-8d98ad7014d1?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...class-profile-magic-public.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...class-profile-magic-public.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...munities&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

cve.org (CVE-2025-13416)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-13416)

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