CVE-2024-1169 (GCVE-0-2024-1169)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-07 11:01 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:59
VLAI?
Title
Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) <= 2.8.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Media Upload
Summary
The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized media upload due to a missing capability check on the buddyforms_upload_handle_dropped_media function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload media files.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
themekraft Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.8.7 (semver)
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Credits
Lucio Sá
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