Post Form Plugin up to 2.8.7 on WordPress Media Deletion authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Post Form Plugin up to 2.8.7 on WordPress. This impacts an unknown function of the component Media Deletion. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-1170. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Post Form Plugin up to 2.8.7 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Media Deletion. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 03/07/2024. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-1170 since 02/01/2024. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/12/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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CNA Base Score: 8.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/01/2024 🔍
03/07/2024 +35 days 🔍
03/07/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/12/2026 +766 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 3046092
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-1170 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-1170
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-256001

Entryinfo

Created: 03/07/2024 08:11
Updated: 04/12/2026 17:29
Changes: 03/07/2024 08:11 (37), 04/05/2024 13:39 (16), 04/05/2024 13:45 (12), 01/22/2025 02:32 (13), 04/12/2026 17:29 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:82A:103

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