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CVE-2023-3404

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-3404 affects the ProfileGrid plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 5.5.0, enabling unauthorized decryption of private information. The vulnerability stems from hardcoded passphrase and IV values in the 'pm_encrypt_decrypt_pass' function, allowing authenticated administrators to decrypt user passwords. While rated Medium (CVSS 4.9), its impact is heightened if combined with other vulnerabilities, potentially granting lower-privileged users access to sensitive data. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0070 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 3,566 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/5.4.8/includes/class-profile-magic-request.php
Patch
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/2936383/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities
Patch
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d490bfb-6560-428e-ad91-0f8d8bc9b1f2
Third Party Advisory