BuddyPress <= 7.2.0 — Authorization Bypass to Private Message Disclosure
001a7d43-4b00-42e9-bb0c-94a9d5721166Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤7.2.0Update to 7.2.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
BuddyPress buddypress
- Affected≤ 7.2.0
- Patched in7.2.1
Update to 7.2.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 7.2.0. Version 7.2.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under BuddyPress.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 7.2.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch BuddyPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Kien Hoang.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection ≤14.5.2Update to 14.5.3 | CVE-2026-115965 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection ≤14.5.2Update to 14.5.3 | CVE-2026-111850 | |
| Medium4.3 | Insecure Direct Object Reference to Notifications Deletion ≤14.3.3Update to 14.3.4 | CVE-2024-12145 | |
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection via XProfile Field Data ≤14.5.0No patch available | CVE-2026-1360 | |
| Medium4.3 | Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Private Messages Disclosure ≤14.4.0Update to 14.5.0 | CVE-2026-8155 |
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
≤14.5.2Update to 14.5.3
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
≤14.5.2Update to 14.5.3
- Medium4.3Insecure Direct Object Reference to Notifications Deletion
≤14.3.3Update to 14.3.4
- High7.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection via XProfile Field Data
≤14.5.0No patch available
- Medium4.3Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Private Messages Disclosure
≤14.4.0Update to 14.5.0
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.