CVE-2026-12073

Estado: AplazadaCrítica (9.8)—

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.9.5. This is due to the plugin not validating a `user_login` on registration forms that don't contain this parameter, and not properly handling the error messages. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change email address of user account with ID=1 (usually an administrator), and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 9.8

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.53%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 43
Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 %
Impacto principalT1098.002 Additional Email Delegate Permissionspersistence · privilege escalation90 %

Vector AV:N/PR:N/UI:N indica explotación remota sin autenticación (T1190). Atacante takeover cuenta admin modificando email y reset de contraseña (T1098.002: account manipulation; T1078.001: valid accounts; T1136.003: cloud account creation en contexto WordPress).

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Privileged Account Management Vulnerability Scanning Network Segmentation Multi-factor Authentication Limit Access to Resource Over Network Filter Network Traffic

Tecnologías afectadas (1)

⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.

Metagauss — Profilegrid^AI

CWE

CWE-639

Referencias

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