CVE-2024-13740

Feb. 24, 2025, 12:41 p.m.

4.3
Medium

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Metagauss
  • Profilegrid
  • *

Weaknesses

CWE-639
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

*CPE(s)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a metagauss profilegrid / / / / / wordpress / /

References

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

Tags

security@wordfence.com
CWE-639
2025-02-18
CVE-2024-13740

CVSS Score

4.3 / 10

CVSS Data

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
    • View Vector String

    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Date

  • Published: Feb. 18, 2025, 3:15 a.m.
  • Last Modified: Feb. 24, 2025, 12:41 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@wordfence.com

*Disclaimer: Some vulnerabilities do not have an associated CPE. To enhance the data, we use AI to infer CPEs based on CVE details. This is an automated process and might not always be accurate.