VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-13693
An unauthenticated privilege-escalation issue exists in the bbPress plugin before 2.6.5 for WordPress when New User Registration is enabled.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 43.9%
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 43.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An unauthenticated privilege-escalation issue exists in the bbPress plugin before 2.6.5 for WordPress when New User Registration is enabled.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 43.88% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- bbpress/bbpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.