Vulnerability · Published Feb 23, 2023 · Assigned by tenable
CVE-2023-26326
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in BuddyForms WordPress Plugin. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.8% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)3.8%top 9.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
The BuddyForms WordPress plugin, in versions prior to 2.7.8, was affected by an unauthenticated insecure deserialization issue. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this issue to call files using a PHAR wrapper that will deserialize the data and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | BuddyForms WordPress Plugin | All versions prior to version 2.7.8 |