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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-32830
CVE-2024-32830:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The BuddyForms WordPress plugin contains an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory vulnerability (CVE-2024-32830) that allows Server Side Request Forgery and Relative Path Traversal. This vulnerability affects all versions of BuddyForms through version 2.8.8 and was discovered in April 2024 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.6 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N. The issue is classified under CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory) and allows unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary file reads and make requests to internal services (WPScan).
Impact
The vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the server and make requests to internal services. This could potentially lead to exposure of sensitive information and compromise of internal systems (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to BuddyForms version 2.8.9 or later which contains the fix for this vulnerability. Patchstack has also issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until users can update to a fixed version (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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