bbPress unauthenticated privilege-escalation

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2020-13693 · GHSA-mwxh-6j9v-45ph · Published 29/05/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
bbpress/bbpress Packagist	`< 2.6.5`	`2.6.5`
bbpress bbpress	`< 2.6.5`	`2.6.5`

Description

An unauthenticated privilege-escalation issue exists in the bbPress plugin before 2.6.5 for WordPress when New User Registration is enabled.

NVD description

An unauthenticated privilege-escalation issue exists in the bbPress plugin before 2.6.5 for WordPress when New User Registration is enabled.

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