CVE•Published 2024-07-10•Modified 2026-04-08•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2024-6411Metagauss · Profilegrid

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

Description

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.9. This is due to a lack of validation on user-supplied data in the 'pm_upload_image' AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update their user capabilities to Administrator.

Timeline

Published 2024-07-10

Modified 2026-04-08

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2024-6411

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · WP plugin path

http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/profilegrid/"

Matches any site loading the "profilegrid" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.

Shodan · product

product:"Metagauss Profilegrid"

All exposed Metagauss Profilegrid instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Profilegrid"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Profilegrid" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.