CVE-2024-1169

Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) <= 2.8.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Media Upload

highMissing Authorization

7.5

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Score

high

Severity

2.8.8

Patched in

Time to patch

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.8.7

PublishedMarch 6, 2024

Last updatedMarch 7, 2024

Affected pluginbuddyforms

References

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

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