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GHSA-m6j4-8r7p-wpp3

BuddyPress privilege escalation via REST API

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2021-21389

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
Packagist buddypress/buddypress >= 5.0.0, < 7.2.1 7.2.1

Details

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### 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/ ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [HackerOne](https://hackerone.com/wordpress)

References

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