Private data exposure via REST API in BuddyPress
CVE-2020-5244

8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Buddypress

Status
Buddypress
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 February 2020

What is CVE-2020-5244?

In BuddyPress before 5.1.2, requests to a certain REST API endpoint can result in private user data getting exposed. Authentication is not needed. This has been patched in version 5.1.2.

Affected Version(s)

BuddyPress < 5.1.2

References

https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/security/advisor...
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https://buddypress.org/2020/01/buddypress-5-1-2/
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https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/commit/392946803...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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