Buddypress Force Password Change: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Buddypress Force Password Change is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Buddypress Force Password Change
- Plugin slug
buddy-press-force-password-change- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 24, 2025
This CVE was published Apr 24, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Buddypress Force Password Change 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.
Technical description
The Buddypress Force Password Change plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated account takeover due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the 'bp_force_password_ajax' function in all versions up to, and including, 0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above and under certain prerequisites, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their accounts.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N