XSS in Metagauss Profilegrid – User Profiles, Groups And Communities
CVE-2025-6977
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘pm_get_messenger_notification’ function in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.5.4 due to insufficient…
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.010 (77.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/addf264e-e23c-4bb6-a898-0fbb4…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communi…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communi…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communi…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3324676/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-6977?
- CVE-2025-6977 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid – User Profiles, Groups And Communities, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-07-16.
- How severe is CVE-2025-6977?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-6977 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.