Vulnerability · Published Jul 18, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-3403ProfileGrid <= 5.5.1 - Missing Authorization to User Import
Medium 5.4
In plain English
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 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The ProfileGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'pm_upload_csv' function in versions up to, and including, 5.5.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions or above to import new users and update existing users.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| metagauss | ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities | 0 – through 5.5.1 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b335fc19-2998-4711-8813-6cb68d7447bd?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.4.8/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php#L1027
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2938904/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities#file0