PT-2019-7414 · WordPress · Buddypress-Activity-Plus

Mallory Adams · Published 2019-10-07 · Updated 2019-10-10 · CVE-2015-9455

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions buddypress-activity-plus plugin version 1.6.1 and earlier

Description The issue concerns a CSRF vulnerability with resultant directory traversal. This occurs via the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" API endpoint, specifically through the bpfb photos[] parameter in a bpfb remove temp images action.

Recommendations For versions 1.6.1 and earlier, update to version 1.6.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the bpfb remove temp images action and the bpfb photos[] parameter in the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" API endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-9455

Affected Products

Buddypress-Activity-Plus

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9455 · Security Note
• https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-and-arbitrary-file-deletion-in-buddypress-activity-plus-1-5 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/7267 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-activity-plus/#developers · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9455 · Note