9.8

CVE-2026-57697: metagauss profilegrid

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalDeferred
Published 13-07-2026Last modified 13-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-57697 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in metagauss profilegrid. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.1% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 5.9.9.7.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
0.48%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Metagauss ProfileGrid profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities allows Password Recovery Exploitation.This issue affects ProfileGrid : from n/a through <= 5.9.9.6.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

40%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.48% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.48%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Metagauss1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities≤ 5.9.9.6 (fixed in 5.9.9.7)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links