# CVE-2026-11359: Missing authorization in Memberships and User Profiles for WooCommerce – ProfileGrid WooCommerce Integration

> Authenticated subscribers can install and activate the ProfileGrid plugin due to missing authorization checks, potentially leading to privilege escalation or code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 9 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3m2g-qgvr-j86q

## What is CVE-2026-11359?

CVE-2026-11359 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in metagauss Memberships and User Profiles for WooCommerce – ProfileGrid WooCommerce Integration, published on 9 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Memberships and User Profiles for WooCommerce – ProfileGrid WooCommerce Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation and activation in versions up to, and including, 3.4. This is due to a missing capability check and missing nonce validation on the pg_install_profilegrid() AJAX handler registered via wp_ajax_pg_install_profilegrid. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate the ProfileGrid plugin from wordpress.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-11359?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-11359?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-11359 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-11359 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-11359 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-11359 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-11359 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in metagauss Memberships and User Profiles for WooCommerce – ProfileGrid WooCommerce Integration, published on 9 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-11359 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: metagauss Memberships and User Profiles for WooCommerce – ProfileGrid WooCommerce Integration. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-11359/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-11359/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-11359
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11359
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-11359

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-11359/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.