CVE-2024-13741 Server-side request forgery in ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
Authenticated attackers can exploit SSRF in ProfileGrid to access internal resources or validate file existence on local and remote hosts.
- 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-2024-13741?
CVE-2024-13741 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities, published on 18 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Limited Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4.2 via the pm_upload_image function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to download and view images, as well as validating if a non-image file exists, both on local or remote hosts.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13741?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Metagauss Profilegrid.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13741?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13741 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2024-13741 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13741 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-97wg-4gj3-g8cw.