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CVE-2024-10900: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress (CVE-2024-10900) contains a vulnerability related to unauthorized modification of data, discovered and disclosed on November 20, 2024. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 5.9.3.6. This security issue stems from a missing capability check in the pmremovefile_attachment() function (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 8.1 (HIGH) according to NVD, while Wordfence rates it at 6.5 (MEDIUM). The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). The security flaw exists in the pmremovefile_attachment() function, which lacks proper capability checks, allowing unauthorized modifications to user data (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to delete arbitrary user meta data. This can result in serious consequences, including the ability to deny administrator access to their own site (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to a version newer than 5.9.3.6 to address this vulnerability. The fix has been implemented in subsequent versions as evidenced by the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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