Description

WordPress Plugin ProfileGrid-User Profiles, Groups and Communities is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to bypass the expected capabilities check and perform otherwise restricted actions; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin ProfileGrid-User Profiles, Groups and Communities version 5.8.9 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 5.9.0 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2024/07/7000-wordpress-sites-affected-by-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-profilegrid-wordpress-plugin/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Privilege Escalation CWE-269 CVE-2024-6411