Privilege Escalation in Buddypress Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2014-1889

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Buddypress
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 April 2018

What is CVE-2014-1889?

The Buddypress plugin for WordPress was found to have a vulnerability that allows authenticated remote users to exploit a lack of proper permissions checks during the group creation process. This oversight enables them to control arbitrary user groups, posing a significant security risk to the integrity of user access within the application. Users are advised to update to version 1.9.2 or higher to mitigate this risk.

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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531050/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91261
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65554
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

EPSS Score

13% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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