CVE-2026-12073

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM 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
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

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
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
44
EG Risk 44/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
The EG Score, 9.8 of 10.
Exploitation1% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
43rd
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

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 10× in last 7d / 36× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 397 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 297 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-11 18:24 UTCEG score recompute
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  3. 2026-10-11 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 43rd percentile
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  18. 2026-09-23 11:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  19. 2026-09-23 07:25 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-23 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  21. 2026-09-20 20:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 43rd percentile
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  23. 2026-09-18 11:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-09-18 06:53 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-18 06:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  1. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 43rd percentile
  2. 2026-09-14 09:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  3. 2026-09-14 04:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  5. 2026-09-14 00:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  6. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 43rd percentile
  7. 2026-09-13 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-09-13 09:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  10. 2026-09-12 15:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  11. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 43rd percentile
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  18. 2026-09-06 14:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  19. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
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  24. 2026-08-31 02:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  26. 2026-08-30 22:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  29. 2026-08-30 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  32. 2026-08-28 02:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  34. 2026-08-27 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  37. 2026-08-25 06:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  42. 2026-08-24 12:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  50. 2026-08-23 00:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  52. 2026-08-22 20:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  56. 2026-08-22 01:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  58. 2026-08-21 21:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  64. 2026-08-21 00:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  66. 2026-08-20 20:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  72. 2026-08-19 12:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5949-6pq3-mp7g · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12073?
CVE-2026-12073 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was 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 the CVE record for CVE-2026-12073 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-12073 was published on June 30, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of June 30, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-12073 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12073 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (43rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12073?
CVE-2026-12073 has a CVSS base score of 9.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12073?
No fix for CVE-2026-12073 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-12073 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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