bbPress <= 2.6.4 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2020-13693
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published May 28, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher hoangkien1020
Description

The bbPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4. This is due to a logic bug within the signup process. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to grant themselves a role that will provide authorization to delete forum activities, import or export forum users, and create new forum moderators

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug bbpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.4
Patched Version
  • 2.6.5
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