BuddyPress <= 1.9.1 — Authorization Bypass
CVE-2014-1889Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <1.9.2Update to 1.9.2 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:N/I:H/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:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
BuddyPress buddypress
- Affected< 1.9.2
- Patched in1.9.2
Update to 1.9.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 1.9.2. Version 1.9.2 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 1.9.2, 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 Pietro Oliva.
The Group creation process in the Buddypress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain control of arbitrary groups by leveraging a missing permissions check. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify the name, description, avatar and settings of groups.
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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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- 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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