CVE-2024-5149 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-5149: BuddyForms <= 2.8.9 - Email Verification Bypass due to Insufficient Randomness

Vendor Themekraft
Product Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC)
Weakness CWE-330 · Insufficient randomness
Published June 5, 2024
Last update April 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 5, 2024 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated