CVE-2024-6411
High
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.
SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMetagauss Profilegrid
PublishedJul 10, 2024
First seenJul 10, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-269Improper privilege management
How to fix
Update
- metagauss profilegrid5.9.0 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| metagauss profilegrid | v < 5.9.0 | 5.9.0 |
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