CVE-2025-13416 Missing authorization in ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
Authenticated subscribers can suspend arbitrary users, including administrators, due to missing capability checks in the ProfileGrid WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13416?
CVE-2025-13416 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities, published on 5 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13416?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13416?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13416 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-13416 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13416 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7v6j-25fh-pw8v.