WordPress plugin
Activity Reactions For Buddypress <= 1.0.22 — Missing Authorization
CVE-2022-45075Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.0.22No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- Medium5.4
- CVSS
- 5.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
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?
Activity Reactions For Buddypress activity-reactions-for-buddypress
- Affected≤ 1.0.22
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.0.22. No fixed version has been released.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Activity Reactions For Buddypress.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Activity Reactions For Buddypress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to ptsfence.
The Activity Reactions For Buddypress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to missing authorization checks in versions up to, and including, 1.0.22 on the ai_front_smiley function. This makes it possible for subscriber-level to enable and disable reactions.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Activity Reactions For Buddypress
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.0.22No patch available | CVE-2025-31006 | |
| High8.8 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤1.0.22No patch available | CVE-2022-45074 |
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.0.22No patch available
- High8.8Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤1.0.22No patch available
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.4
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- 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.