BuddyForms <= 2.8.17 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion
CVE-2025-32151Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.8.17No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-98 Local File Inclusion
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
BuddyForms buddyforms
- Affected≤ 2.8.17
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.8.17. No fixed version has been released.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under BuddyForms.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch BuddyForms to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to LVT-tholv2k.
The BuddyForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 2.8.17. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.10.0Update to 2.10.1 | CVE-2026-118101 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
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