CVE-2020-13693

high-risk
Published 2020-05-29

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

Do I need to act?

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41.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 59% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
48534
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Bbpress

References (8)

Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Esca...
Release Notes https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out/
Release Notes https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Esca...
Release Notes https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out/
Release Notes https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 17/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal