# CVE-2024-49273: WordPress ProfileGrid plugin <= 5.9.3 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the ProfileGrid plugin, potentially performing unauthorized actions on behalf of users.

- **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:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xm64-h742-4hq3

## What is CVE-2024-49273?

CVE-2024-49273 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Metagauss ProfileGrid, published on 21 Oct 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

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Metagauss ProfileGrid  profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities.This issue affects ProfileGrid : from n/a through <= 5.9.3.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49273?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Metagauss Profilegrid.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49273?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49273 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-49273 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49273 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-2024-49273 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49273 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Metagauss ProfileGrid, published on 21 Oct 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-2024-49273 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-2024-49273/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49273/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49273
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49273
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49273

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49273/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.