PT-2024-34654 · WordPress · Buddyforms

István Márton · Published 2024-06-05 · Updated 2024-06-06 · CVE-2024-5149

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BuddyForms plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.8.9

Description The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass email verification due to the use of an insufficiently random activation code. This enables attackers to exploit the weakness without proper authentication.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.8.9, update to a version later than 2.8.9 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-330

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-5149

Affected Products

Buddyforms

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5149 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5149 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3101478/buddyforms/trunk/includes/wp-insert-user.php · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/82030 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddyforms/tags/2.8.9/includes/wp-insert-user.php#L334 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5c8d361-698b-4abd-bcdd-0361d3fd10c5?source=cve · Note