CVE-2021-21389
BuddyPress 5.0.0-7.2.0 - Privilege Escalation via REST API
highIncorrect Authorization
8.8
CVSS Score
8.8
CVSS Score
high
Severity
7.2.1
Patched in
1043d
Time to patch
Description
BuddyPress is an open source WordPress plugin to build a community site. In releases of BuddyPress from 5.0.0 before 7.2.1 it's possible for a non-privileged, regular user to obtain administrator rights by exploiting an issue in the REST API members endpoint. The vulnerability has been fixed in BuddyPress 7.2.1. Existing installations of the plugin should be updated to this version to mitigate the issue.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
>=5.0.0 <=7.2.0PublishedMarch 16, 2021
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginbuddypress
Source Code
WordPress.org SVNVulnerable v2.7.4
Patched
Patched version not available.
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