CVE-2023-3403 ProfileGrid <= 5.5.1 - Missing Authorization to User Import

What is CVE-2023-3403?

CVE-2023-3403 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities, published on 18 Jul 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ProfileGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'pm_upload_csv' function in versions up to, and including, 5.5.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions or above to import new users and update existing users.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3403?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Metagauss Profilegrid.

How do I fix CVE-2023-3403?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3403 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2023-3403 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3403 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities

• CVE-2024-30490 WordPress ProfileGrid plugin <= 5.7.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability Critical 9.3
• CVE-2025-0724 ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.4.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2024-6411 Privilege escalation in ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities High 8.8
• CVE-2023-3713 ProfileGrid <= 5.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Option Update High 8.8
• CVE-2023-0940 ProfileGrid < 5.3.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Password Reset High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-8j9w-r385-57x8.