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BuddyPress privilege escalation via REST API

High
ehti published GHSA-m6j4-8r7p-wpp3 Mar 19, 2021

Package

No package listed

Affected versions

5.0.0 to 7.2.0

Patched versions

7.2.1

Description

Impact

It's possible for a non-privileged, regular user to obtain administrator rights by exploiting an issue in the BuddyPress REST API members endpoint.

Patches

The vulnerability has been fixed in BuddyPress 7.2.1. Existing installations of the plugin should be updated to this version to mitigate the issue.

References

https://buddypress.org/2021/03/buddypress-7-2-1-security-release/

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Severity

High

CVE ID

CVE-2021-21389

Weaknesses

No CWEs