WordPress security changelog
CRITICAL CVE-2020-13693 Modified

Bbpress: A security weakness

Bbpress is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 9.8 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 9.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Bbpress
Plugin slug
bbpress
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
May 29, 2020
Weakness
NVD-CWE-noinfo

This CVE was published May 29, 2020 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Bbpress to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

An unauthenticated privilege-escalation issue exists in the bbPress plugin before 2.6.5 for WordPress when New User Registration is enabled.

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

References

Primary and upstream sources