CVE-2025-0724 ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.4.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
Authenticated attackers can inject PHP objects via deserialization, potentially leading to code execution or data access if a POP chain exists.
- 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-2025-0724?
CVE-2025-0724 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in metagauss ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities, published on 22 Mar 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 PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4.5 via deserialization of untrusted input in the get_user_meta_fields_html function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software, which means this vulnerability has no impact unless another plugin or theme containing a POP chain is installed on the site. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it may allow the attacker to perform actions like delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code depending on the POP chain present.
Weakness: CWE-502
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0724?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Metagauss Profilegrid.
How do I fix CVE-2025-0724?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0724 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.
Is CVE-2025-0724 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0724 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-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
- CVE-2019-15873 Code injection in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2wh4-gmm6-gqj2.