What is CVE-2023-3404?

CVE-2023-3404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2023-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2023-3404?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-3404 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid

CVE-2023-3404

The ProfileGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized decryption of private information in versions up to, and including, 5.5.0. This is due to the passphrase and iv being hardcoded in the 'pm_encrypt_decrypt_pass' function an…

EPSS: 0.007 (49.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Metagauss Profilegrid
Metagauss Profilegrid – User Profiles, Groups And Communities — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-321 — Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-3404?: CVE-2023-3404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2023-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2023-3404?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-3404 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.