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CVE-2024-49273· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Patchstack

WordPress ProfileGrid plugin <= 5.9.3 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Metagauss ProfileGrid profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities.This issue affects ProfileGrid : from n/a through <= 5.9.3.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 21, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 23th percentile
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Action score

26

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
6.5
CNA · Patchstack
4.3
2.2 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
metagaussprofilegrid

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • metagauss profilegridup to 5.9.3 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Metagauss ProfileGrid

    • up to and including 5.9.3affectedfixed in 5.9.3.1

Same product

metagauss: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-30491WordPress ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities plugin <= 5.7.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability
    45Plan
  • CVE-2024-30490WordPress ProfileGrid plugin <= 5.7.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability
    40Plan
  • CVE-2019-15873The profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities plugin before 2.8.6 for WordPress has remote code execution via an wp-admin/admin-ajax.
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-57759WordPress ProfileGrid plugin <= 6.0.0.2 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2025-0724ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.4.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2025-26999WordPress ProfileGrid Plugin <= 5.9.4.3 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability
    35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Metagauss ProfileGrid5.9.3.1Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-3745311 days apartWordPress ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin <= 5.8.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2022-36352287 days apartWordPress ProfileGrid Plugin <= 5.0.3 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2023-3713462 days apartProfileGrid <= 5.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Option Update
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2023-3714462 days apartProfileGrid <= 5.5.2 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Group Option Modification and Privilege Escalation
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2024-1090030 days apartProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.3.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Meta Deletion
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2023-52117131 days apartWordPress ProfileGrid plugin <= 5.6.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
    25Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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