High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 18, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-3713
CVE-2023-3713
Description
The ProfileGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'profile_magic_check_smtp_connection' function in versions up to, and including, 5.5.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions or above to update the site options arbitrarily. This can be used by attackers to achieve privilege escalation.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.4.8/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.phpnvdPatch
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2938904/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communitiesnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/473ba791-af99-4aae-99cb-ccf220e443e7nvdThird Party Advisory
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