Plugins · buddyforms · data as of 2026-11-04
Is BuddyForms safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 2.10.6
- Last updated
- 2026-11-02
- Active installs
- 800+
- Known issues on record
- 20
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
BuddyForms is a versatile plugin that allows the creation of post forms, registration forms, profile forms, content forms, and supports file uploads. — by Themekraft
What to do
- Update to the latest version (2.10.6). Anything older than 2.10.4 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get buddyforms --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update buddyforms updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
20 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
low 3.7 CVE-2026-118437 · published 2026-10-31
Missing authorization check in BuddyForms (2.8.8 up to (not including) 2.10.1)
- Affected
- 2.8.8 up to (not including) 2.10.1
- Fixed in
- 2.10.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The BuddyForms WordPress plugin before 2.10.1 does not properly verify ownership before deleting guest-uploaded attachments, allowing unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete media files uploaded by other unauthenticated visitors.
medium 5.3 CVE-2026-118100 · published 2026-10-30
Information disclosure in BuddyForms (older than 2.10.3)
- Affected
- older than 2.10.3
- Fixed in
- 2.10.3
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The BuddyForms WordPress plugin before 2.10.3 does not check that the requester is allowed to manage a form before exporting its configuration, allowing unauthenticated users to download any form's stored settings, including notification recipient email addresses and reCAPTCHA secret keys that are not shown on the public form.
medium 5.3 CVE-2026-118101 · published 2026-10-30
Missing authorization check in BuddyForms (older than 2.10.1)
- Affected
- older than 2.10.1
- Fixed in
- 2.10.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The BuddyForms WordPress plugin before 2.10.1 does not verify that a user editing an existing entry is the author of the target post, allowing users who have been granted edit access to a form, as low as Subscriber, to overwrite the title, content and status of any other user's posts or pages, including those of administrators.
medium 6.5 CVE-2026-81785 · published 2026-09-10
Missing authorization check in BuddyForms (2.9.0 and older)
- Affected
- 2.9.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.10.0 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in BuddyForms <= 2.9.0 versions.
medium 5.3 CVE-2025-62973 · published 2025-10-27
Missing authorization check in BuddyForms (2.10.2 and older)
- Affected
- 2.10.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.10.4
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Themekraft BuddyForms buddyforms allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects BuddyForms: from n/a through 2.10.2.
high 8.8 CVE-2025-32151 · published 2025-04-04
File inclusion in BuddyForms (2.10.2 and older)
- Affected
- 2.10.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.10.4
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Themekraft BuddyForms buddyforms allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects BuddyForms: from n/a through 2.10.2.
medium 5.4 CVE-2024-12038 · published 2025-02-22
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in BuddyForms (2.8.15 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.15 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.16 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
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.
medium 6.4 CVE-2024-12037 · published 2025-01-31
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in BuddyForms (2.8.13 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.13 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.14 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
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 'bf_new_submission_link' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.13 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.
medium 5.4 CVE-2024-47377 · published 2024-10-05
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in BuddyForms (2.8.12 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.12 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.13
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Themekraft BuddyForms buddyforms allows Stored XSS.This issue affects BuddyForms: from n/a through <= 2.8.12.
high 8.8 CVE-2024-8246 · published 2024-09-14
Privilege escalation in BuddyForms (2.8.11 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.11 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.12 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.11. This is due to plugin not properly restricting what users have access to set the default role on registration forms. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create a registration form with a custom role that allows them to register as administrators.
medium 5.3 CVE-2024-5149 · published 2024-06-05
Weak randomness in BuddyForms (2.8.9 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.9 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.10 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
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.
NVD CVE-2024-5149Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
high 7.5 CVE-2024-32830 · published 2024-05-17
Path traversal / file read in BuddyForms (2.8.8 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.8 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.9
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in ThemeKraft BuddyForms allows Server Side Request Forgery, Relative Path Traversal.This issue affects BuddyForms: from n/a through 2.8.8.
medium 6.1 CVE-2024-30198 · published 2024-03-27
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in BuddyForms (2.8.5 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.5 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.6
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in ThemeKraft BuddyForms allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects BuddyForms: from n/a through 2.8.5.
medium 4.3 CVE-2024-1158 · published 2024-03-13
Missing authorization check in BuddyForms (2.8.7 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.7 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.8 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the buddyforms_new_page function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to create pages with arbitrary titles. These pages are published.
NVD CVE-2024-1158Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
high 8.2 CVE-2024-1170 · published 2024-03-07
Missing authorization check in BuddyForms (2.8.7 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.7 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.8 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
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.
NVD CVE-2024-1170Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
high 7.5 CVE-2024-1169 · published 2024-03-07
Missing authorization check in BuddyForms (2.8.7 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.7 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.8 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
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 upload due to a missing capability check on the buddyforms_upload_handle_dropped_media function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload media files.
NVD CVE-2024-1169Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 5.4 CVE-2023-25981 · published 2023-08-25
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in BuddyForms (2.8.1 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.2
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ThemeKraft Post Form plugin <= 2.8.1 versions.
medium 5.4 CVE-2022-38971 · published 2023-03-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in BuddyForms (2.7.5 and older)
- Affected
- 2.7.5 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.7.6
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ThemeKraft Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles and Content Forms for User Submissions plugin <= 2.7.5 versions.
critical 9.8 CVE-2023-26326 · published 2023-02-23
PHP object injection in BuddyForms (older than 2.7.8)
- Affected
- older than 2.7.8
- Fixed in
- 2.7.8
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- NVD analysis · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
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.
critical 9.8 CVE-2018-21003 · published 2019-08-27
SQL injection in BuddyForms (older than 2.2.8)
- Affected
- older than 2.2.8
- Fixed in
- 2.2.8
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- NVD analysis · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The buddyforms plugin before 2.2.8 for WordPress has SQL injection.
Recent activity
- 2026-11-02 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.10.6).
- 2026-10-31 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-118437), fixed in 2.10.1.
- 2026-10-30 — Information disclosure disclosed (CVE-2026-118100), fixed in 2.10.3.
- 2026-10-30 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-118101), fixed in 2.10.1.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Missing authorization (7) · Cross-site scripting (XSS) (6) · Sensitive data exposure (1) · File inclusion (1) · Privilege escalation (1) · Path traversal and file read (1) · PHP object injection (1) · SQL injection (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/buddyforms (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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