CVE-2022-3578 — The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5

The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.1.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

01What is this vulnerability?

The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.1.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	ProfileGrid	User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities — 5.1.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-30T15:28:07.376Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/17596b0e-ff45-4d0c-8e57-a31101e30345