CVE-2023-3714 ProfileGrid <= 5.5.2 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Group Option Modification and Privilege Escalation
Authenticated attackers with group ownership can modify group options and escalate privileges due to missing capability checks in ProfileGrid.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-3714?
CVE-2023-3714 is a high-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 'edit_group' handler in versions up to, and including, 5.5.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with group ownership, to update group options, including the 'associate_role' parameter, which defines the member's role. This issue was partially patched in version 5.5.2 preventing privilege escalation, however, it was fully patched in 5.5.3.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3714?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Metagauss Profilegrid.
How do I fix CVE-2023-3714?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3714 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-2023-3714 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3714 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
- CVE-2025-0724 ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.4.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
- CVE-2024-6411 Privilege escalation in ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
- CVE-2023-3713 ProfileGrid <= 5.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Option Update
- CVE-2023-0940 ProfileGrid < 5.3.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Password Reset
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5cr8-3m42-96m7.