CVE-2022-0233

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities <= 4.7.4 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

6.4 Medium

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping via the pm_user_avatar and pm_cover_image parameters found in the ~/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php file which allows attackers with authenticated user access, such as subscribers, to inject arbitrary web scripts into their profile, in versions up to and including 1.2.7.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.90%Unchanged since Feb 8, 2022

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.4

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities <= 4.7.4 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Record: CVE-2022-0233
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-15429 6.4

Record: EUVD-2022-15429
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q3m4-j7fx-35xr No score

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities WordPress plugin is...

Record: GHSA-q3m4-j7fx-35xr
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.4

Record: CVE-2022-0233
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 3.5 LowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-0233 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Metagauss Profilegrid, published January 18, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.90%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.