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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-13416

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_us

Published Feb 5, 2026 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities

Last checked Nov 6, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-13416. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium4.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.31%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities 0 ≤5.9.7.2

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.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor Metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities 0 ≤5.9.7.20 ≤5.9.7.2

How to fix CVE-2025-13416

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-13416. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities 0 ≤5.9.7.2 0 ≤5.9.7.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.31%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 5, 2026 · EUVD

    Detected

    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 admini

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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 admini

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-13416

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-13416

    30-day exploitation probability 0.31%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-206868

    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 a

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 6, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 6, 2026
  • CVE.orgNov 4, 2026
  • EUVDNov 2, 2026