PT-2024-17196 · WordPress · The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form For User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms For User Submissions

Lucio Sá · Published 2024-03-07 · Updated 2025-01-21 · CVE-2024-1170

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.2

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.8.7

Description The issue is related to unauthorized media file deletion due to a missing capability check on the handle deleted media function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary media files.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.8.7, update to a version higher than 2.8.7 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the handle deleted media function until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1170

Affected Products

The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form For User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms For User Submissions

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1170 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1170 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/380c646c-fd95-408a-89eb-3e646768bbc5?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/73240 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/108067 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1765733095163023790 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddyforms/trunk/includes/functions.php#L1493 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3046092/buddyforms/trunk?contextall=1&old=3031945&old_path=%2Fbuddyforms%2Ftrunk#file7 · Note