The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4.2 via the pm_messenger_show_messages function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read private conversations of other users.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-4859 The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4.2 via the pm_messenger_show_messages function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read private conversations of other users.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Metagauss
Metagauss profilegrid
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Metagauss
Metagauss profilegrid

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 02:30:00 +0000

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Description The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4.2 via the pm_messenger_show_messages function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read private conversations of other users.
Title ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.4.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Private Messages Disclosure
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-18T19:28:43.894Z

Reserved: 2025-01-27T00:01:03.457Z

Link: CVE-2024-13740

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-02-18T03:15:10.273

Modified: 2025-02-24T12:41:27.353

Link: CVE-2024-13740

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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