BuddyPress <= 7.2.0 - Authorization Bypass to Private Message Disclosure

Improper Access Control
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published March 7, 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 Nouveau and the BuddyPress REST API /buddypress/v1/messages endpoint in versions 5.0.0 - 7.2.0. This makes it possible for non-privileged attackers to read private messages in a thread they were not invited to.

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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