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ghsa-m6j4-8r7p-wpp3

Vulnerability from github

Published

2021-10-06 17:46

Modified

2021-10-06 16:57

Severity ?

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Summary

BuddyPress privilege escalation via REST API

Details

Impact

It's possible for a non-privileged, regular user to obtain administrator rights by exploiting an issue in the BuddyPress REST API members endpoint.

Patches

The vulnerability has been fixed in BuddyPress 7.2.1. Existing installations of the plugin should be updated to this version to mitigate the issue.

References

https://buddypress.org/2021/03/buddypress-7-2-1-security-release/

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in HackerOne

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  "modified": "2021-10-06T16:57:01Z",
  "published": "2021-10-06T17:46:55Z",
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  "summary": "BuddyPress privilege escalation via REST API"
}

CVE-2021-21389 (GCVE-0-2021-21389)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-03-26 20:15

Modified

2024-08-03 18:09

Severity ?

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Summary

BuddyPress is an open source WordPress plugin to build a community site. In releases of BuddyPress from 5.0.0 before 7.2.1 it's possible for a non-privileged, regular user to obtain administrator rights by exploiting an issue in the REST API members endpoint. The vulnerability has been fixed in BuddyPress 7.2.1. Existing installations of the plugin should be updated to this version to mitigate the issue.

References

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	https://buddypress.org/2021/03/buddypress-7-2-1-security-release/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/version-7-2-1/	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	buddypress	BuddyPress	Version: >= 5.0.0, < 7.2.1

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Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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ghsa-m6j4-8r7p-wpp3

Vulnerability from github

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References

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CVE-2021-21389 (GCVE-0-2021-21389)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

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