Description
WordPress Plugin Post Form-Registration Form-Profile Form for User Profiles and Content Forms for User Submissions is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently make unauthorized AJAX calls and access the debug logs. WordPress Plugin Post Form-Registration Form-Profile Form for User Profiles and Content Forms for User Submissions version 2.6.2 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.
Remediation
Update to plugin version 2.6.3 or latest
References
https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:6DAE6DCA-7474-4008-9FE5-4C62B9F12D0A
https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/buddyforms/trunk/readme.txt
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