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This issue was partially patched in version 5.5.2 preventing privilege escalation, however, it was fully patched in 5.5.3.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00868,"percentile":0.59,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2023-07-18T02:39:25Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:14:41Z","products":[{"vendor":"metagauss","product":"profilegrid"},{"vendor":"metagauss","product":"profilegrid – user profiles, groups and communities"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4766651-92a6-42c9-81bc-7ea25350f561?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.4.8/public/partials/profile-magic-group.php#L80","tags":["x_transferred","Patch"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2938904/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities#file4","tags":["x_transferred","Patch"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2939344/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/public/partials/profile-magic-group.php","tags":["x_transferred","Patch"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3714"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cr8-3m42-96m7"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-3714","title":"ProfileGrid \u003c= 5.5.2 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Group Option Modification and Privilege Escalation","description":"The ProfileGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'edit_group' handler in versions up to, and including, 5.5.2. 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