Wbcom Designs Plugins (Various Versions) - Arbitrary Plugin Installation, Activation and Deactivation

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (6.3)
Publicly Published April 13, 2022
Last Updated March 4, 2025
Researcher Mary (JJ) Jay
Description

Several WordPress plugins by Wbcom Designs were vulnerable to arbitrary plugin installation, activation and deactivation due to missing authorization checks on the wp_ajax_wbcom_manage_plugin_installation AJAX action function wbcom_do_plugin_action.

References

19 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug bp-user-profile-reviews (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.7.0
Patched Version
  • 2.7.0
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug bp-create-group-type (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= *
Patched Version
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug custom-font-uploader (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.0
Patched Version
  • 2.2.0
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wbcom-designs-buddypress-search (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= *
Patched Version
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug buddypress-sticky-post (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.9.9
Patched Version
  • 1.9.9
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug bp-user-to-do-list (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.0
Patched Version
  • 3.0.0
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-system-log (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= *
Patched Version
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug review-buddypress-groups (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.1
Patched Version
  • 2.8.1
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug bp-job-manager-integration (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.1
Patched Version
  • 2.6.1
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug bp-activity-social-share (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.3.0
Patched Version
  • 3.3.0
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug custom-email-options (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= *
Patched Version
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug woo-audio-preview (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.0
Patched Version
  • 1.4.0
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug bp-activity-filter (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.0
Patched Version
  • 2.8.0
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug woo-document-preview (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.0
Patched Version
  • 1.4.0
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wbcom-designs-buddypress-ads (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.1
Patched Version
  • 1.3.1
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug buddypress-check-ins-pro (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.0
Patched Version
  • 1.4.0
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug lock-my-bp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7.0
Patched Version
  • 1.7.0
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug buddypress-hashtag (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.7.0
Patched Version
  • 2.7.0
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug bp-check-in (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.9.4
Patched Version
  • 1.9.4
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