CVE-2024-31291: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

An Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability (CVE-2024-31291) was discovered in Metagauss ProfileGrid WordPress plugin affecting versions up to 5.7.6. The vulnerability was disclosed on April 7, 2024, and involves an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) issue in the friend request functionality (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH) by NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack assessed it with a CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) (NVD).

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to bypass authorization, authentication, access sensitive files/folders, or interact with the database. The specific impact varies case by case, though it has been classified as having a low severity impact (Patchstack).

The vulnerability requires at least Subscriber-level privileges to exploit, and according to security assessments, it is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 5.7.7 of the ProfileGrid plugin. Users are advised to update to version 5.7.7 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).