Vulnerabilities > CVE-2025-1408 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
LOW Availability impact
NONE Summary
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the pm_decline_join_group_request and pm_approve_join_group_request functions in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to approve or decline join group requests which is normally should be available to administrators only.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.4.3/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L3262
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.4.3/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L3306
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/641f7727-83ba-45c2-b3e1-1ce19f86eac7?source=cve