PT-2020-13651 · WordPress · Bbpress

Hoangkien1020 · Published 2020-05-28 · Updated 2022-05-24 · CVE-2020-13693

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions bbPress plugin versions prior to 2.6.5

Description An unauthenticated privilege-escalation issue exists in the bbPress plugin for WordPress when New User Registration is enabled.

Recommendations For bbPress plugin versions prior to 2.6.5, update to version 2.6.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-13693

GHSA-MWXH-6J9V-45PH

Affected Products

Bbpress

References · 14

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/48534 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Escalation.html · Exploit
• https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13693 · Security Note
• https://codex.bbpress.org/releases · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13693 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mwxh-6j9v-45ph · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/bbpress/bbPress · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/4080 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/rnetsec/12455 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/defcon_news/48375 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/1199 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/secharvester/9275 · Telegram Post