BuddyPress

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘user_name’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 12.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Members/Groups block properties in all versions up to, and including, 11.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the ‘BP_Notifications_Notification::get_order_by_sql()' and 'BP_Invitation::get_order_by_sql()’ parameters in versions up to, and including, 9.0.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthorized attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information disclosure via REST API in versions up to, and including 9.0.0. This is due to the plugin disclosing the activation key from responses of the create_item method in the BP REST API Signup controller. This makes it possible for non-privileged attackers to obtain administrator rights by exploiting an issue in the REST API members endpoint.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the can_user_delete_or_update( ) function from versions starting at 7.0.0 to 7.2.1. This makes it possible for recently demoted user to modify groups in which they were the original creator.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 7.2.1. This is due to missing authorization validation on the group REST-API Endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to join or request to join groups they are previously banned from.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 7.2.1. This is due to missing authorization validation on the group membership REST-API Endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to create new groups on behalf of another user.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 7.2.1. This is due to missing authorization validation on the activity REST-API Endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to favorite private and hidden activity they are not authorized to access.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the buddypress/v1/groups/invites REST-API endpoint in versions up to, and including, 7.2.0. This makes it possible for a member to invite another member to join a group without being friends when that group restricted invites to friends only.

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.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress was vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a misconfiguration in how the plugin handled downgrading administrative level users to subscriber level in versions 7.0.0 - 7.2.0. This allowed subscriber level users to modify BuddyPress Member Types.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the BuddyPress Nouveau and the BuddyPress REST API /buddypress/v1/messages endpoint in versions 5.0.0 - 7.2.0. This makes it possible for non-privileged attackers to read private messages in a thread they were not invited to.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insufficient Input Validation in versions up to, and including, 6.3.0. This is due to missing authorization checks and proper sanitization on a users profile page. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to add style attributes to the "span" and "p" elements when using the rich text fields which makes Cross-Site Scripting possible.

In BuddyPress before 5.1.2, requests to a certain REST API endpoint can result in private user data getting exposed. Authentication is not needed. This has been patched in version 5.1.2.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Denial of Service in versions up to, and including, 5.1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to remove another user’s avatar and/or remove any empty folder.

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in versions 2.0 - 2.7.3. This allows unauthenticated attackers to delete the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can lead to site takeover

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to execute otherwise privilege restricted actions and bypass capability checks.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the BuddyPress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name field to groups/create/step/group-details. NOTE: this can be exploited without authentication by leveraging CVE-2014-1889.

The Group creation process in the Buddypress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain control of arbitrary groups by leveraging a missing permissions check. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify the name, description, avatar and settings of groups.

SQL injection vulnerability in wp-load.php in the BuddyPress plugin 1.5.x before 1.5.5 of WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the page parameter in an activity_widget_filter action.