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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00349,"percentile":0.28854,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2024-09-26T07:34:37Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:23:26Z","products":[{"vendor":"metagauss","product":"profilegrid"},{"vendor":"metagauss","product":"profilegrid – user profiles, groups and communities"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d3188c2-e5b0-4d83-8c92-ae6b409c92f9?source=cve","tags":["Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/includes/class-profile-magic.php#L268","tags":["Product"]},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/#developers","tags":["Product","Release Notes"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php#L2065","tags":["Product"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3157510/","tags":["Patch"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8861"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3157510"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-34w3-rhpm-qv77"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-8861","title":"ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities \u003c= 5.9.3.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting","description":"The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.3.2 due to incorrect use of the wp_kses_allowed_html function, which allows the 'onclick' attribute for certain HTML elements without sufficient restriction or context validation. 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