Privilege escalation in Metagauss Profilegrid
CVE-2024-6411
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.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ef3c7fb-27f5-4829-8cb6-d3a52… (Third Party Advisory)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communi… (Product)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communi… (Product)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communi… (Product)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communi… (Product)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3111609/ (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-6411?
- CVE-2024-6411 is a high-severity vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-07-10.
- How severe is CVE-2024-6411?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-6411 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.