CVE-2025-1408: ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.4.4 - Missing Authorinzation to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Join Group Requests Management
Description
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-1408
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-862 Missing AuthorizationAffected Products
Vendor: metagauss
Product: ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 6.26% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-20 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1408https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/641f7727-83ba-45c2-b3e1-1ce19f86eac7?source=cve
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://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.9.4.3/public/class-profile-magic-public.php#L3262