ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities <= 5.8.3 - Missing Authorization

2024-04-16 00:00
Lucio Sá

Strategic Overview

Vulnerability Overview

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized deletion of data due to a missing capability check on the pm_upload_cover_image function in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to delete attachments.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.8.4, 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

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