BuddyBoss Platform <= 3.5.0 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-118082Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.5.0Update to 3.6.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-269 Privilege Escalation
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- 0.4% chance in 30 days30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
BuddyBoss Platform buddyboss-platform
- Affected≤ 3.5.0
- Patched in3.6.1
Update to 3.6.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.5.0. Version 3.6.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under BuddyBoss Platform.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.6.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch BuddyBoss Platform to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Hung Bach Ngoc.
The BuddyBoss Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.0. This is due to insufficient restriction on the capabilities a user may grant themselves. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges beyond those intended for their role.
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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| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Group Name ≤3.6.0Update to 3.7.0 | CVE-2026-96554 | |
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| High7.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection ≤3.0.4Update to 3.0.5 | CVE-2026-56032 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'invitee_name' ≤2.8.50Update to 2.8.51 | CVE-2024-13858 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
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.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST.org.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.