CVE-2024-5149

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

State
Published
Severity
6.5 Medium
Published
Jun 5, 2024
Updated
Apr 8, 2026
Reserved
May 20, 2024

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NWordfence

Weaknesses

  • CWE-330 Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC)themekraft
  • 2.8.9 and earlierAffected

References

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