CVE-2020-13693

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

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Escalation.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:bbpress:bbpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-05-28 17:15

Updated : 2021-12-13 11:17

NVD link : CVE-2020-13693

Mitre link : CVE-2020-13693

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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Products Affected

bbpress

bbpress

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