Unauthorized Data Modification in ProfileGrid Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-3713
8.8HIGH
Key Information:
- Vendor
- Wordpress
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 18 July 2023
Summary
The ProfileGrid plugin for WordPress has a significant flaw that allows authenticated users with minimum subscriber-level permissions to exploit a missing capability check in the 'profile_magic_check_smtp_connection' function. This vulnerability can be leveraged to update site options without proper authorization, potentially leading to privilege escalation and unauthorized changes within the site configuration.
Affected Version(s)
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities * <= 5.5.1
References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved
Credit
Lana Codes