CVE-2024-37453 WordPress ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin <= 5.8.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the ProfileGrid WordPress plugin to perform unauthorized actions.
- 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-2024-37453?
CVE-2024-37453 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ProfileGrid, published on 1 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in ProfileGrid User Profiles ProfileGrid allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ProfileGrid: from n/a through 5.8.7.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37453?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Metagauss Profilegrid.
How do I fix CVE-2024-37453?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37453 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-2024-37453 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37453 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in ProfileGrid
- 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-9jcw-gp33-g7j3.