Auth bypass in Themekraft Buddyforms

CVE-2024-1158

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1158?
CVE-2024-1158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Themekraft Buddyforms, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-1158?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-1158 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.