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BuddyPress <= 14.4.0 — Authenticated (Custom+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

CVE-2026-53673Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤14.4.0No patch available

What to do until a fix ships
Severity
Medium4.3
CVSS
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed

Am I affected?

BuddyPress buddypress

  1. Affected≤ 14.4.0
  2. PatchedNo fix yet

No patched version available.

You are affected if you run ≤ 14.4.0. No fixed version has been released.

  • 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

  1. 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.
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch BuddyPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Scott Moore.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 14.4.0. This is due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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≤14.5.2Update to 14.5.3
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High7.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection via XProfile Field Data
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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 4.3

  2. 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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