CVE-2024-1169 Missing authorization in Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC)
Unauthenticated attackers can upload media files due to a missing capability check in the Post Form WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-1169?
CVE-2024-1169 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themekraft Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC), published on 7 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1169?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Themekraft Post Form.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1169?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-1169 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1169 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in themekraft Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r22q-78j6-33wj.