# CVE-2024-47377: WordPress BuddyForms plugin <= 2.8.12 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the BuddyForms WordPress plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g7fq-fw7r-8jrh

## What is CVE-2024-47377?

CVE-2024-47377 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Themekraft BuddyForms, published on 5 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Themekraft BuddyForms buddyforms allows Stored XSS.This issue affects BuddyForms: from n/a through <= 2.8.12.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47377?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Themekraft Buddyforms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-47377?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47377 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-47377 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Themekraft BuddyForms

- [CVE-2023-26326](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26326/): Deserialization in BuddyForms WordPress Plugin (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-21003](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-21003/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-8246](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8246/): Privilege escalation in Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-32830](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32830/): WordPress buddyforms plugin <= 2.8.8- Arbitrary File Read and SSRF vulnerability (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2025-32151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32151/): WordPress BuddyForms plugin <= 2.10.2 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-47377 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-47377 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Themekraft BuddyForms, published on 5 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Themekraft BuddyForms. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47377/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47377/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47377
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47377
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-47377

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47377/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.