# Groups – Memberships and Access Control

> Turn your site into a powerful membership solution. Manage members, teams and access to content easily.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `groups`
- Author: itthinx
- Version: 4.9.0
- Active installs: 10,000+
- Last update: 2026-11-04 (9 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.7, PHP 7.4
- Tags: access, access-control, groups, member, membership
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 9 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Locked in ↔ Portable, Slow ↔ Responsive, Steep ↔ Easy, Vague docs ↔ Clear docs, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-09-26 HIGH: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via 'groups_join' Shortcode (up to 4.6.0). CVE-2026-77203, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e86dddc9-c1d3-426b-8ec7-2e56dc3c2379?source=api-prod
- 2026-02-18 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'groups_group_info' Shortcode (up to 3.10.0). CVE-2026-0549, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75000e67-7914-43af-be1d-82990ada5129?source=api-prod
- 2025-11-07 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Group Join (up to 3.7.0). CVE-2025-11748, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0f6d28a-d5ca-4700-bc61-f2dd20f06fcf?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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