vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: buddyforms: CVE-2024-1170: Missing Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:P) | Mar 6, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 29, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:P)
Published
Mar 6, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026
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 file deletion due to a missing capability check on the handle_deleted_media function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary media files.
Solution
buddyforms-plugin-cve-2024-1170
References
Rapid7 Labs
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