Privilege escalation in Themekraft Buddyforms
CVE-2024-8246
The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.11. This is due to plugin not properly restricting what users have access to set the default role on registration forms. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create a registration form with a custom role that allows them to register as administrators.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.004 (35.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security@wordfence.com (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-8246?
- CVE-2024-8246 is a high-severity vulnerability in Themekraft Buddyforms, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-09-14.
- How severe is CVE-2024-8246?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-8246 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.