# CVE-2024-31362: Cross-site request forgery in ProfileGrid

> Attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions in the ProfileGrid WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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:** 12 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cc86-cwjw-gg33

## What is CVE-2024-31362?

CVE-2024-31362 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metagauss ProfileGrid, published on 12 Apr 2024. 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

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Metagauss ProfileGrid.This issue affects ProfileGrid : from n/a through 5.7.8.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31362?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Metagauss Profilegrid.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-31362?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-31362 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-31362 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31362 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Metagauss ProfileGrid

- [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-2024-31362 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-31362 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metagauss ProfileGrid, published on 12 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31362 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Metagauss ProfileGrid. 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-2024-31362/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31362/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31362
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31362
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-31362

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31362/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.