CVE-2014-1889
The Group creation process in the Buddypress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain control of arbitrary groups by leveraging a missing permissions check.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Group creation process in the Buddypress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain control of arbitrary groups by leveraging a missing permissions check.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 10.61% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 11 February 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- buddypress/buddypress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 10.6% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531050/100/0/threadedExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65554Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2/Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91261Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531050/100/0/threadedExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65554Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2/Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91261Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.