ProfileGrid <= 5.8.7 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-37453
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published July 1, 2024
Last Updated July 9, 2024
Researcher Manab Jyoti Dowarah
Description

The ProfileGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the pm_create_message function in versions up to, and including, 5.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to send messages even when they haven't been assigned the proper privileges to do so.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.8.7
Patched Version
  • 5.8.8
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