BuddyPress <= 14.3.3 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
CVE-2024-11976Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤14.3.3Update to 14.3.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.3
- CVSS
- 7.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
BuddyPress buddypress
- Affected≤ 14.3.3
- Patched in14.3.4
Update to 14.3.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 14.3.3. Version 14.3.4 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
- Update to version 14.3.4, 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 Michael Mazzolini.
The The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 14.3.3. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
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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| 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 high, CVSS 7.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. 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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