CVE-2023-26326
The BuddyForms WordPress plugin, in versions prior to 2.7.8, was affected by an unauthenticated insecure deserialization issue. An unauthenticated attacker...
- Published
- Feb 23, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 12, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- tenable
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 89.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The BuddyForms WordPress plugin, in versions prior to 2.7.8, was affected by an unauthenticated insecure deserialization issue. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this issue to call files using a PHAR wrapper that will deserialize the data and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present.
Sources
3Python exploit for CVE-2023-26326 (WordPress BuddyForms) chained with CVE-2024-2961 to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution via php://filter on PHP 8+.
Exploit for CVE-2023-26326 in the WordPress BuddyForms plugin, leveraging CVE-2024-2961 for remote code execution. This exploit bypasses PHP 8+ deserialization limitations by chaining vulnerabilities with php://filter.
- CVE-2024-2961Exploit
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