Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 18, 2025· Updated Apr 8, 2026
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.4.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Private Messages Disclosure
CVE-2024-13740
Description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4.2 via the pm_messenger_show_messages function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read private conversations of other users.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=5.9.4.2
- metagauss/ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communitiesv5Range: 0
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