Unauthorized Modification of Data Vulnerability in ProfileGrid Plugin
CVE-2024-5453

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Profilegrid – User Profiles, Groups And Communities
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 June 2024

What is CVE-2024-5453?

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the pm_dismissible_notice and pm_wizard_update_group_icon functions in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary options to the value '1' or change group icons.

Affected Version(s)

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities * <= 5.8.6

References

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

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

Credit

Lucio Sá
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CVE-2024-5453 : Unauthorized Modification of Data Vulnerability in ProfileGrid Plugin