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WordPress BuddyPress Plugin 5.0.0 - 7.2.0 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Web application abuses
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
8.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
3 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
The WordPress plugin BuddyPress is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
It is possible for a non-privileged, regular user to obtain administrator rights by exploiting an issue in the REST API members endpoint
Affected Software
Affected Software
WordPress plugin BuddyPress version 5.0.0 through 7.2.0.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 7.2.1 or later.