CVE-2023-3713: Metagauss Profilegrid

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ProfileGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'profile_magic_check_smtp_connection' function in versions up to, and including, 5.5.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions or above to update the site options arbitrarily. This can be used by attackers to achieve privilege escalation.

Affected products

• Metagauss Profilegrid: up to and including 5.5.1

Published 2023-07-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.