BuddyPress — 7.0.0 - 7.2.0 - Insufficient Privilege De-escalation
5d7bcd71-e299-47fe-a749-e72c49b8129ePublished · Updated Action summary
Affected: 7.0.0 – <7.2.1Update to 7.2.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.6
- CVSS
- 4.6CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
BuddyPress buddypress
- Affected7.0.0 – < 7.2.1
- Patched in7.2.1
Update to 7.2.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run 7.0.0 – < 7.2.1. 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.
The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress was vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a misconfiguration in how the plugin handled downgrading administrative level users to subscriber level in versions 7.0.0 - 7.2.0. This allowed subscriber level users to modify BuddyPress Member Types.
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-2026-111850 | |
| 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 4.6
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] 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.