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GHSA-M6J4-8R7P-WPP3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-10-06 17:46 – Updated: 2021-10-06 16:57

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

Severity ?

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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  "published": "2021-10-06T17:46:55Z",
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CVE-2021-21389 (GCVE-0-2021-21389)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-26 20:15 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:09

Title

BuddyPress privilege escalation via REST API

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.

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

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

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

Impacted products

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

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Impact

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

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