What is CVE-2024-13740?

CVE-2024-13740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid – User Profiles, Groups And Communities, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-02-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-13740?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-13740 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Metagauss Profilegrid – User Profiles, Groups And Communities

CVE-2024-13740

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4.2 via the pm_messenger_show_messages function due to missing validat…

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.001 (25.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-13740?: CVE-2024-13740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid – User Profiles, Groups And Communities, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-13740?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-13740 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.