BuddyPress Docs <= 2.2.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Document Read/Update

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2025-5526
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published June 6, 2025
Last Updated July 9, 2025
Researcher Terrence Bosco
Description

The BuddyPress Docs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.4 via the 'doc_id' parameter due to missing authorization validation on the user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read and update arbitrary documents.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug buddypress-docs (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.4
Patched Version
  • 2.2.5
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