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CVE-2024-8861

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.3.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Published: Sep 26, 2024Updated: Oct 1, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
NVD MITRE
6.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 76.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
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Description

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.3.2 due to incorrect use of the wp_kses_allowed_html function, which allows the 'onclick' attribute for certain HTML elements without sufficient restriction or context validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

profilegridmetagauss
On-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / document-mgmt
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communitiesmetagauss
On-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / collaboration-groupware
metagausscommercialEnterprise Softwareaka metagauss

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php#L2065
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/includes/class-profile-magic.php#L268
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3157510/
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Timeline

Published
Sep 26, 2024
Last Updated
Oct 1, 2024

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