Buddyboss Platform <= 2.5.91 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Link on Private Post

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2024-4750
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published May 14, 2024
Last Updated August 9, 2024
Researcher Faris Krivic
Description

The Buddyboss Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.91 via the activity_mark_fav AJAX action due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to like private posts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug buddyboss-platform (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.5.91
Patched Version
  • 2.6.0
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