BuddyPress <= 7.2.0 - Authorization Bypass to Friend Invite

Improper Access Control
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published March 17, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Kien Hoang
Description

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the buddypress/v1/groups/invites REST-API endpoint in versions up to, and including, 7.2.0. This makes it possible for a member to invite another member to join a group without being friends when that group restricted invites to friends only.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug buddypress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 7.2.0
Patched Version
  • 7.2.1
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