PT-2019-14453 · WordPress · Profilegrid-User-Profiles-Groups-And-Communities

Published 2019-09-03 · Updated 2022-01-24 · CVE-2019-15873

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities plugin versions prior to 2.8.6

Description The issue allows for remote code execution. This can be achieved through a request to the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php endpoint with specific parameters, including action=pm template preview and html containing a PHP code substring, such as <?php followed by PHP code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.8.6, update to version 2.8.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php endpoint or disabling the action=pm template preview functionality until the update is applied. Avoid using the html parameter in the affected endpoint with potentially malicious input until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-15873

Affected Products

Profilegrid-User-Profiles-Groups-And-Communities

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9086 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15873 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15873 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/#developers · Note