ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities: Server-side request forgery
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities is affected by server-side request forgery. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The vulnerable server can be induced to make attacker-selected network requests.
- Component
- ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 18, 2025
This CVE was published Feb 18, 2025 and is one of 55 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Limited Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4.2 via the pm_upload_image function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to download and view images, as well as validating if a non-image file exists, both on local or remote hosts.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N