CVE-2024-6411
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.8.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authorization Bypass to Privilege Escalation
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.9. This is due to a lack of validation on user-supplied data in the 'pm_upload_image' AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update their user capabilities to Administrator.
| CWE | CWE-269 |
| Vendor | metagauss |
| Product | profilegrid – user profiles, groups and communities |
| Published | Jul 10, 2024 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
metagauss / ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
0 ≤ 5.8.9
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ef3c7fb-27f5-4829-8cb6-d3a52778a689?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/js/profile-magic-admin-power.js#L361 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/js/profile-magic-admin-power.js#L390 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/partials/crop.php plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/partials/coverimg_crop.php plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3111609/
Credits
Truoc Phan Tieu Pham Trong Nhan