CVE-2024-5149

BuddyForms <= 2.8.9 - Email Verification Bypass due to Insufficient Randomness

6.5 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.39%Up 0.3 points since Jun 6, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

BuddyForms <= 2.8.9 - Email Verification Bypass due to Insufficient Randomness

Record: CVE-2024-5149
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-330
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-46401 6.5

Record: EUVD-2024-46401
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xfjh-8mwq-67xv 6.5

The BuddyForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Email Verification Bypass in all versions up...

Record: GHSA-xfjh-8mwq-67xv
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-330
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.5

Record: CVE-2024-5149
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-330
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-5149 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Themekraft Buddyforms, published June 5, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.