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CVE-2024-3606: ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities <= 5.8.3 - Missing Authorization

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized deletion of data due to a missing capability check on the pm_upload_cover_image function in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to delete attachments.

Affected products

• metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities: before 5.8.4 — fixed in 5.8.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities 5.8.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3069928/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk?contextall=1&old=3068943&old_path=%2Fprofilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities%2Ftrunk
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c039d2fe-7518-4724-a025-6380a53fb58c?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3069928/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk?contextall=1&old=3068943&old_path=%2Fprofilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities%2Ftrunk
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c039d2fe-7518-4724-a025-6380a53fb58c?source=cve

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