CVE-2026-57697

Status: DeferredHigh (7.5)—

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.

CVSS

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

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.48%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 39
Score date: 10/2/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access85 %
Primary impactT1078 Valid Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access90 %

CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass) sin requerimientos de autenticación (PR:N) ni interacción (UI:N) en red (AV:N) permite acceso no autorizado. El bypass de recuperación de contraseña conduce a T1078 (obtención de cuentas válidas).

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Privileged Account Management Application Developer Guidance Active Directory Configuration Vulnerability Scanning User Training User Account Management

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Metagauss — Profilegrid^AI

CWEs

CWE-288

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

Raw JSON (NVD)

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