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BuddyPress 2.0 — 2.7.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion

5a3e2d1c-8879-4def-8861-3d6d8b683b7ePublished · Updated

Action summary

Affected: 2.0 – 2.7.3Update to 2.7.4 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
Critical10.0
CVSS
10.0
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:N User interaction
None
S:C Scope
Changed
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

BuddyPress buddypress

  1. Affected2.0 – 2.7.3
  2. Patched in2.7.4

Update to 2.7.4 or newer.

You are affected if you run 2.0 – 2.7.3. Version 2.7.4 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.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.7.4, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch BuddyPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Sam Pizzey (mopman).

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in versions 2.0 - 2.7.3. This allows unauthenticated attackers to delete the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can lead to site takeover

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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≤14.5.2Update to 14.5.3
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Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
≤14.5.2Update to 14.5.3
CVE-2026-111850
Medium4.3Insecure Direct Object Reference to Notifications Deletion
≤14.3.3Update to 14.3.4
CVE-2024-12145
High7.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection via XProfile Field Data
≤14.5.0No patch available
CVE-2026-1360
Medium4.3Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Private Messages Disclosure
≤14.4.0Update to 14.5.0
CVE-2026-8155

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity critical, CVSS 10.0

  2. 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.
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Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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