Medium severity · published Feb 18, 2025
CVE-2024-13740
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.4.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Private Messages Disclosure
4.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4.2 via the pm_messenger_show_messages function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read private conversations of other users.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PU
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities · metagauss
through 5.9.4.2 · source: vendor
PR
Profilegrid · Metagauss
before 5.9.4.3 · source: NVD
Affected product
PU
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
metagauss
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13740
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13740
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.4.2/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L1299
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2a1b1a4-df72-4666-b116-882af4cd5796?source=cve
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