Vulnerability · Published Mar 22, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-1408ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.4.4 - Missing Authorinzation to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Join Group Requests Management

Medium 4.3

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A medium-severity missing authorization in ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities from metagauss. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the pm_decline_join_group_request and pm_approve_join_group_request functions in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to approve or decline join group requests which is normally should be available to administrators only.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
metagauss	ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities	0 – through 5.9.4.4

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Official description

Affected products (as reported)

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