# CVE-2022-3578: ProfileGrid < 5.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized parameters in the ProfileGrid WordPress plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 30 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-54p8-p4vv-qvgr

## What is CVE-2022-3578?

CVE-2022-3578 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities, published on 14 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.1.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3578?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Metagauss Profilegrid.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3578?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3578 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3578 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3578 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress ProfileGrid <5.1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting (nuclei): http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-3578.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities

- [CVE-2024-30490](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30490/): WordPress ProfileGrid plugin <= 5.7.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-0724](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0724/): ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.4.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-6411](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6411/): Privilege escalation in ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-3713](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3713/): ProfileGrid <= 5.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Option Update (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-0940](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0940/): ProfileGrid < 5.3.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Password Reset (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3578 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3578 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities, published on 14 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3578 exists.

Affected product: Unknown ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3578/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3578/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3578
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3578
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3578

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3578/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.