Medium severity · published Apr 10, 2018
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…
6.5
CVSS
10.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)10.6% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BU
Buddypress · Buddypress
before 1.9.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1889
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1889
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531050/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65554
Vendor Advisory
https://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2/
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91261
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