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

2024-06-04 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.8.10

Affected PluginPost Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC)

Affected Version<= 2.8.9

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2024-5149

View all Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.8.10, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-330 (Use of Insufficiently Random Values) The product uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5149 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5c8d361-698b-4abd-bcdd-0361d3fd10c5

CVSS Vector

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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