WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2024-1158 Modified

Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC): A security weakness

Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC)
Plugin slug
buddyforms
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Mar 13, 2024
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Mar 13, 2024 and is one of 15 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical 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 modification of data due to a missing capability check on the buddyforms_new_page function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to create pages with arbitrary titles. These pages are published.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources