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.

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

43.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2020-05-28

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Escalation.ht…

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48534

Security advisories

• https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out
• https://codex.bbpress.org/releases
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers
• advisories/GHSA-mwxh-6j9v-45ph

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry