ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities <= 5.8.3 - Missing Authorization
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-3606
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-55gc-5h36-66xg
References
More Metagauss Profilegrid vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2024-3606 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-3606 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-55gc-5h36-66xg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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