bbPress <= 2.6.4 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

2020-05-28 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.6.5

Affected PluginbbPress

Affected Version<= 2.6.4

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2020-13693

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Vulnerability Overview

The bbPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4. This is due to a logic bug within the signup process. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to grant themselves a role that will provide authorization to delete forum activities, import or export forum users, and create new forum moderators

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.6.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13693 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/57be90d8-dab7-49c8-bcdf-32e967ee1716

CVSS Vector

9.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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