CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-21389

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.

9 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/version-7-2-1/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/security/advisories/GHSA-m6j4-8r7p-wpp3 Third Party Advisory
https://buddypress.org/2021/03/buddypress-7-2-1-security-release/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-03-26 09:15

Updated : 2021-04-01 03:45

NVD link : CVE-2021-21389

Mitre link : CVE-2021-21389

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-863