BuddyPress privilege escalation via REST API

CAO 8.8CVE-2021-21389 · GHSA-m6j4-8r7p-wpp3 · Công bố 26/03/2021 · cập nhật 17/06/2026

Tóm tắt nhanh

CVE-2021-21389 là lỗ hổng mức CAO (CVSS 8.8) ảnh hưởng buddypress/buddypress, buddypress (buddypress).
Xác suất bị khai thác trong 30 ngày tới (EPSS): 14.8%, cao hơn 96.7% các lỗ hổng khác.
Cách xử lý: cập nhật lên 7.2.1 hoặc mới hơn.

Gói / sản phẩm	Phiên bản bị ảnh hưởng	Phiên bản đã vá
buddypress/buddypress Packagist	`≥ 5.0.0, < 7.2.1`	`7.2.1`
buddypress buddypress	`≥ 5.0.0, < 7.2.1`	`7.2.1`

Mô tả

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/

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Mô tả của NVD

BuddyPress is an open source WordPress plugin to build a community site. In releases of BuddyPress from 5.0.0 before 7.2.1 it's possible for a non-privileged, regular user to obtain administrator rights by exploiting an issue in the REST API members endpoint. 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.