BuddyPress Docs <= 1.9.2 - Authorization Bypass

Improper Privilege Management

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2017-6954
CVSS	Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published	March 17, 2017
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Ewoud Vlasselaer, Eric SchayesNabeel Ahmed, Nabeel Ahmed

Description

An issue was discovered in includes/component.php in the BuddyPress Docs plugin before 1.9.3 for WordPress. It is possible for authenticated users to edit documents of other users without proper permissions.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	buddypress-docs (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.9.3
Patched Version	1.9.3

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