CVE-2024-13740: 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_m

medium Affects profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

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_m

Package
profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<5.9.4.3
Fixed in
5.9.4.3
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (21.0th percentile)
Published
2025-02-18
Source
nvd

References

CWE-639
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