Is CVE-2024-1169 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-1169 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-1169?

CVE-2024-1169 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-1169?

CVE-2024-1169 has an EPSS score of 0.58% (44th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1169?

Upgrade post form to 2.8.8 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-1169

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-862Missing Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

post formNVD

Affected:< 2.8.8Fixed in:2.8.8CVE-2024-1169derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.58%probability of exploitation in 30 days

44thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 44% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

wordfence.com

Product2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2021-39226	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-0543	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-21978	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-52163	High	8.8	96%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-1329	High	8.8	93%	-	-
CVE-2023-6875	Critical	9.8	90%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-08.