CVE-2024-5149 BuddyForms <= 2.8.9 - Email Verification Bypass due to Insufficient Randomness
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass email verification in BuddyForms due to weak activation codes, allowing unauthorized access to verified features.
- 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-2024-5149?
CVE-2024-5149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in themekraft Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC), published on 5 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-330
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5149?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Themekraft Buddyforms.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5149?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5149 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-5149 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5149 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)
- CVE-2023-26326 Deserialization in BuddyForms WordPress Plugin
- CVE-2018-21003 SQL injection in n/a
- CVE-2024-8246 Privilege escalation in Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC)
- CVE-2024-32830 WordPress buddyforms plugin <= 2.8.8- Arbitrary File Read and SSRF vulnerability
- CVE-2025-32151 WordPress BuddyForms plugin <= 2.10.2 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xfjh-8mwq-67xv.