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.
CVE-2021-21389 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Plugin BuddyPress. It affects 5.0.0 through 7.2.0 and is fixed in 7.2.1.
CVE-2021-21389 is tracked for the Plugin BuddyPress as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is 5.0.0 through 7.2.0. Update BuddyPress to 7.2.1 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
buddypress
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2021-21389 |
| Patched Versions |
7.2.1
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| Affected Versions |
5.0.0 through 7.2.0
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
BuddyPress - 1.5-1.5.4 - SQL Injection
BuddyPress <= 14.1.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Directory Traversal
BuddyPress <= 5.1.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure
BuddyPress <= 14.3.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
BuddyPress <= 1.9.1 - Authorization Bypass
BuddyPress <= 12.4.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
BuddyPress <= 12.4.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
BuddyPress <= 11.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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