6.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-8861
ProfileGrid WordPress Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.3.2 due to incorrect use of the wp_kses_allowed_html function, which allows the 'onclick' attribute for certain HTML elements without sufficient restriction or context validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 26, 2024, 8:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 1, 2024, 1:41 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-8861 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Metagauss profilegrid

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-8861 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 01, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php#L2065 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php#L2065 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/includes/class-profile-magic.php#L268 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/includes/class-profile-magic.php#L268 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3157510/ No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3157510/ Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/#developers No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/#developers Product, Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d3188c2-e5b0-4d83-8c92-ae6b409c92f9?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d3188c2-e5b0-4d83-8c92-ae6b409c92f9?source=cve Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.9.3.3
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.3.2 due to incorrect use of the wp_kses_allowed_html function, which allows the 'onclick' attribute for certain HTML elements without sufficient restriction or context validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d3188c2-e5b0-4d83-8c92-ae6b409c92f9?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/includes/class-profile-magic.php#L268 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://wordpress.org/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/#developers [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php#L2065 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3157510/ [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Wordfence CWE-79
    Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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