CVE-2026-12073

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-06-30. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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 v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EPSS
22.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 30, 2026

Last Modified

June 30, 2026

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12073(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 89× in last 7d / 89× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-07 03:44 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 03:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  18. 2026-07-05 22:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-07-05 18:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-05 06:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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  4. 2026-07-05 02:05 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-05 02:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  7. 2026-07-04 21:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-07-04 17:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  21. 2026-07-03 17:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  41. 2026-07-01 23:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  43. 2026-07-01 19:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  45. 2026-07-01 15:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  48. 2026-07-01 11:30 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-07-01 11:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  51. 2026-07-01 07:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  53. 2026-07-01 03:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-06-30 23:07 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-06-30 23:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-06-30 19:00 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-06-30 19:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  64. 2026-06-30 06:31 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12073?
CVE-2026-12073 is a critical vulnerability published on June 30, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-12073 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12073 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12073 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12073 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 22.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12073?
CVE-2026-12073 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12073?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12073, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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