What is CVE-2012-2109?

CVE-2012-2109 is a vulnerability in Buddypress, classified under SQL Injection. Published 2012-09-04.

Is CVE-2012-2109 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Buddypress

CVE-2012-2109

SQL injection vulnerability in wp-load.php in the BuddyPress plugin 1.5.x before 1.5.5 of WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the page parameter in an activity_widget_filter action.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2012-09-04 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.034 (88.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Buddypress — versions 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2
WordPress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

buddypress.org/2012/03/buddypress-1-5-5/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18690 (Exploit, exploit)
osvdb.org/80763 (vdb-entry)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/16/10 (mailing-list)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/15/2 (mailing-list, Exploit)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Apr/4 (mailing-list, Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2109?: CVE-2012-2109 is a vulnerability in Buddypress, classified under SQL Injection. Published 2012-09-04.
Is CVE-2012-2109 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.