CVE-2024-6411

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.8.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authorization Bypass to Privilege Escalation

Published Jul 10, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-47515 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid:-:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Metagauss
Metagauss profilegrid
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Metagauss
Metagauss profilegrid
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Apr 8, 2026, 4:44 PM
Reserved
Jun 28, 2024, 7:19 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 10, 2024, 5:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:17 AM