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

2024-03-06 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.8.8

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

Affected Version<= 2.8.7

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2024-1169

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Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.8.8, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1169 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d14a90d-65ea-45da-956b-0735e2e2b538

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

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