BuddyForms <= 2.8.9 - Email Verification Bypass due to Insufficient Randomness

6.5
Use of Insufficiently Random Values
CVE CVE-2024-5149
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 4, 2024
Last Updated July 1, 2024
Researcher István Márton - Wordfence

Description

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.

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Vulnerability Details for Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC)

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug buddyforms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.8.10, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.9
Patched Version
  • 2.8.10

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