High severity · published Jul 30, 2026
CVE-2026-1360
BuddyPress <= 14.5.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection via XProfile Field Data
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data in all versions up to, and including, 14.5.0 This is due to the `bp_unserialize_profile_field()` function using `@unserialize()` without the `allowed_classes` parameter on user-controlled XProfile field data. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary PHP objects via XProfile textbox fields, which could lead to remote code execution if a suitable POP chain is available in the WordPress environment.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BU
BuddyPress · buddypress
through 14.5.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1360
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1360
owasp.org
https://owasp.org/www-community/vulnerabilities/PHP_Object_Injection
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/tags/14.4.0/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-template.php#L1000
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-functions.php#L519
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-template.php#L1000
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-xprofile/classes/class-bp-rest-xprofile-fields-endpoint.php#L866
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbuddypress/tags/14.4.0&new_path=%2Fbuddypress/tags/14.5.0
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