Unauthorized Data Modification in BuddyForms Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-1158

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form For User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms For User Submissions (ugc)
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 March 2024

Summary

The BuddyForms plugin for WordPress is susceptible to an unauthorized data modification flaw caused by a lack of capability checks in the buddyforms_new_page function. This vulnerability impacts all versions up to and including 2.8.7 and allows authenticated users with at least subscriber access to create and publish pages with arbitrary titles, potentially leading to unwanted modifications on the site.

Affected Version(s)

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

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddyforms/tru...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lucio Sá
.