What is CVE-2017-6954?

CVE-2017-6954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Buddypress, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-03-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-6954?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-6954 known to be exploited?

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

Privilege escalation in Buddypress

CVE-2017-6954

An issue was discovered in includes/component.php in the BuddyPress Docs plugin before 1.9.3 for WordPress. It is possible for authenticated users to edit documents of other users without proper permissions.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2017-03-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Buddypress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/97238 (vdb-entry)
github.com/boonebgorges/buddypress-docs/commit/75293ed4e5f31f04e54689bfe2c647e3… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-docs/changelog/ (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6954?: CVE-2017-6954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Buddypress, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-03-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-6954?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-6954 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.