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CVE-2024-8861

Published: Sep 26, 2024

Modified: Apr 8, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.4

MEDIUM

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
metagauss	ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities	affected `0 - <= 5.9.3.2`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d3188c2-e5b0-4d83-8c92-ae6b409c92f9?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/includes/class-profile-magic.php#L268

https://wordpress.org/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/#developers

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php#L2065

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3157510/

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