CVE-2020-13693 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 43.9% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
An unauthenticated privilege-escalation issue exists in the bbPress plugin before 2.6.5 for WordPress when New User Registration is enabled.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 43.88% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2020-05-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| bbpress | bbpress |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin BBPress 2.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation | 2020-06-01 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out/
- https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out/
- https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers
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