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CRITICAL CVE-2025-1909 Analyzed

BuddyBoss Platform Pro: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass

BuddyBoss Platform Pro is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.

CVE / CNA score 9.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score 9.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
BuddyBoss Platform Pro
Plugin slug
buddyboss-platform
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
May 05, 2025
Weakness
CWE-288 — Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
NVD-CWE-Other

This CVE was published May 05, 2025 and is one of 8 known issues for this plugin.

Patch or disable the affected component.

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

Technical description

The BuddyBoss Platform Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.7.01. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being supplied during the Apple OAuth authenticate request through the plugin. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the email.

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

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

Primary and upstream sources