CVE-2024-12038

MEDIUM

BuddyForms <= 2.8.15 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via buddyforms_nav Shortcode

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 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'buddyforms_nav' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3244167/buddyforms/trunk/includes/shortcodes.php

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ff0568e2-3a1e-4ed6-835a-37e3d07d7b63?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0023

EPSS Percentile 13.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (2)

themekraft/buddyforms < 2.8.16

themekraft/Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) < 2.8.15

Published Feb 22, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026