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

Use of Insufficiently Random Values
CVE CVE-2024-5149
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published June 4, 2024
Last Updated July 1, 2024
Researcher István Márton
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug buddyforms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.9
Patched Version
  • 2.8.10
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