metagauss ProfileGrid Plugin up to 5.9.4.1 on WordPress server-side request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in metagauss ProfileGrid Plugin up to 5.9.4.1 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-13741. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in metagauss ProfileGrid Plugin up to 5.9.4.1 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Limited Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4.2 via the pm_upload_image function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to download and view images, as well as validating if a non-image file exists, both on local or remote hosts.

The weakness was disclosed by Tim Coen. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-13741 since 01/27/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.9.4.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Server-side request forgery
CWE: CWE-918
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ProfileGrid Plugin 5.9.4.2

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: Tim Coen
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-13741 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-13741
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-296092

Entryinfo

Created: 02/18/2025 08:06
Updated: 02/18/2025 14:04
Changes: 02/18/2025 08:06 (32), 02/18/2025 08:09 (34), 02/18/2025 14:04 (1)
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Committer: mitr
Cache ID: 216::103

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