TI-2022-00169 Aliases CVE-2022-0233 GHSA-q3m4-j7fx-35xr

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities <= 4.7.4 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

LOW 30CWE-79Published 2022-01-18 · Updated 2025-02-13

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping via the pm_user_avatar and pm_cover_image parameters found in the ~/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php file which allows attackers with authenticated user access, such as subscribers, to inject arbitrary web scripts into their profile, in versions up to and including 1.2.7.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.009 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities	ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities	4.7.4 – 4.7.4	—	No fix listed	CNA

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities VendorProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities Affected 4.7.4 – 4.7.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid::::::wordpress::*	up to 4.7.4	Vulnerable	Metagauss

cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 4.7.4 Vulnerable ·Metagauss

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-0233
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q3m4-j7fx-35xr

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/BigTiger2020/2022/blob/main/ProfileGrid%20Xss.md

Advisory 2

TI-2023-00891 ProfileGrid < 5.3.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Password Reset CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-20215 WordPress ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities plugin <= 5.7.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-03293 ProfileGrid < 5.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2024-20214 WordPress ProfileGrid plugin <= 5.7.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-05950 ProfileGrid <= 5.8.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2019-11933 The profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities plugin before 2.8.6 for WordPress… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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