Unauthorized Data Modification in ProfileGrid Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-3403

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 July 2023

Summary

The ProfileGrid plugin for WordPress allows authenticated users with subscriber-level permissions or higher to exploit a flaw in the 'pm_upload_csv' function, leading to unauthorized modifications of user data. This vulnerability arises from a missing capability check, enabling attackers to import new users and alter existing user information without proper authorization, potentially compromising the integrity of user data.

Affected Version(s)

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities * <= 5.5.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-us...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2938904/prof...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
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