CVE-2024-1169

HIGH

WordPress BuddyForms <2.8.7 - Unauth Media Upload

Title source: llm

Description

The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized media upload due to a missing capability check on the buddyforms_upload_handle_dropped_media function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload media files.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddyforms/trunk/includes/functions.php#L1466

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3046092/buddyforms/trunk/includes/functions.php?contextall=1&old=3023795&old_path=%2Fbuddyforms%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Ffunctions.php

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d14a90d-65ea-45da-956b-0735e2e2b538?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0058

EPSS Percentile 43.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (2)

themekraft/Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) < 2.8.7

themekraft/post_form < 2.8.8

Published Mar 07, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026