TI-2024-08227 Aliases CVE-2024-8861 GHSA-34w3-rhpm-qv77

Cross-site scripting in Metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities

LOW 28CWE-79Published 2024-09-26 · Updated 2026-04-08

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, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.3.2 due to incorrect use of the wp_kses_allowed_html function, which allows the 'onclick' attribute for certain HTML elements without sufficient restriction or context validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00349 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07

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
Metagauss	ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities	up to 5.9.3.2	—	No fix listed	CNA

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities VendorMetagauss Affected up to 5.9.3.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid::::::wordpress::*	before 5.9.3.3	Vulnerable	Metagauss

cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 5.9.3.3 Vulnerable ·Metagauss

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-8861
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-34w3-rhpm-qv77

References

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3157510/

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d3188c2-e5b0-4d83-8c92-ae6b409c92f9?source=cve

Other 3

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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