The bbPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4. This is due to a logic bug within the signup process. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to grant themselves a role that will provide authorization to delete forum activities, import or export forum users, and create new forum moderators
CVE-2020-13693 is a critical severity with CVSS 9.8 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Plugin bbPress. It affects Versions up to 2.6.4 and is fixed in 2.6.5.
CVE-2020-13693 is tracked for the Plugin bbPress as critical severity with CVSS 9.8. The affected range is Versions up to 2.6.4. Update bbPress to 2.6.5 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
bbpress
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2020-13693 |
| Patched Versions |
2.6.5
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 2.6.4
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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.
bbPress <= 2.6.11 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Limited Privilege Escalation
bbPress <= 2.6.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the forums list table
bbPress < 2.5.13 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection
bbPress < 2.5.9 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
bbPress <= 2.5.9 - Cross-Site Scripting
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