CVE-2024-6411

HIGH EPSS 50.9%
Published Jul 10, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
8.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jul 10, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.9. This is due to a lack of validation on user-supplied data in the 'pm_upload_image' AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update their user capabilities to Administrator.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.8
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
50.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management Authorization

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
metagaussprofilegrid* <5.9.0

References 6

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/js/profile-magic-admin-power.js#L361
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/js/profile-magic-admin-power.js#L390
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/partials/coverimg_crop.php
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/partials/crop.php
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3111609/
    Patch
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ef3c7fb-27f5-4829-8cb6-d3a52778a689?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation