Check Point Advisories

WordPress ProfileGrid Plugin Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-6411)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2024-0741
Date Published: 1 Sep 2024
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 01 September, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2024-6411
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress ProfileGrid plugin prior to 5.8.9
Vulnerability Description A privilege escalation exists in WordPress ProfileGrid plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress ProfileGrid Plugin Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-6411) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  WordPress ProfileGrid Plugin Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-6411)

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