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CVE-2024-13740

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.4.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Private Messages Disclosure

Published: Feb 18, 2025Updated: Feb 24, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-639
4.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 80.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
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Description

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4.2 via the pm_messenger_show_messages function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read private conversations of other users.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-639

Affected Products

metagauss
commercial
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and CommunitiesOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / collaboration-groupware
profilegridOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / document-mgmt

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2a1b1a4-df72-4666-b116-882af4cd5796?source=cve
wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.4.2/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L1299
plugins.trac.wordpress.org

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