Unauthorized Modification of User Meta Data in ProfileGrid
CVE-2024-10900

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Metagauss
Status
Profilegrid – User Profiles, Groups And Communities
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 November 2024

Summary

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability due to a missing capability check in the pm_remove_file_attachment() function. This issue, present in all versions up to and including 5.9.3.6, allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to delete arbitrary user metadata. This could potentially lead to severe disruptions, including the denial of access for administrators to their own sites, posing significant security concerns for WordPress users reliant on this plugin.

Affected Version(s)

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities * <= 5.9.3.6

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-us...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

AmrAwad
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