CVE-2014-1889

MEDIUM

Buddypress <1.9.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Pietro Oliva · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31571

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531050/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91261
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65554
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.1336
EPSS Percentile 94.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (1)
buddypress/buddypress < 1.9.2
Published Apr 10, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026