ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities <= 5.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Information Exposure

2022-10-27 00:00

István Márton

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.0.4

Affected PluginProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities

Affected Version<= 5.0.3

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2022-36352

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Vulnerability Overview

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check when accessing messages in versions up to, and including, 5.0.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to obtain access to arbitrary messages with read and edit capabilities.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.0.4, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36352 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01cfd7db-f62d-4110-b9a4-49ff1e4e5e68

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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