BuddyForms <= 2.8.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read and Server-Side Request Forgery

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE CVE-2024-32830
CVSS Critical (9.3)
Publicly Published April 22, 2024
Last Updated April 29, 2024
Researcher beluga
Description

The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read and Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the server and make requests to internal services.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug buddyforms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.8
Patched Version
  • 2.8.9
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