Email Verification Bypass Vulnerability Affects All Versions of BuddyForms Plugin
CVE-2024-5149

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

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

What is CVE-2024-5149?

The BuddyForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Email Verification Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.9 via the use of an insufficiently random activation code. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the email verification.

Affected Version(s)

Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) * <= 2.8.9

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddyforms/tag...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

István Márton
.