VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-13487
The bbPress plugin through 2.6.4 for WordPress has stored XSS in the Forum creation section, resulting in JavaScript execution at wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=forum (aka the Forum listing page) for all users.
MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 1.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The bbPress plugin through 2.6.4 for WordPress has stored XSS in the Forum creation section, resulting in JavaScript execution at wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=forum (aka the Forum listing page) for all users. An administrator can exploit this at the wp-admin/post.php?action=edit URI.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.39% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- bbpress/bbpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bbpress.org/Vendor Advisory
- https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developersThird Party Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rXP8CGTe08Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bbpress.org/Vendor Advisory
- https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developersThird Party Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rXP8CGTe08Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.