4.3

CVE-2024-13740: metagauss profilegrid

CVSS: 4.3v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 18-02-2025Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-13740 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in metagauss profilegrid. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.8% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 5.9.4.3.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.29% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Metagauss2 products
Wordpress1 product
  • profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities≤ 5.9.4.2 (fixed in 5.9.4.3)

2 vendors · 3 products

References

3 links