Medium severity · published Feb 22, 2025
CVE-2024-12038
Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) <= 2.8.15 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'buddyforms_nav' Shortcode
5.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'buddyforms_nav' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected product
PF
Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC)
themekraft
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12038
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12038
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3244167/buddyforms/trunk/includes/shortcodes.php
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ff0568e2-3a1e-4ed6-835a-37e3d07d7b63?source=cve
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