XSS in Bbpress
CVE-2020-13487
The bbPress plugin through 2.6.4 for WordPress has stored XSS in the Forum creation section, resulting in JavaScript execution at wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=forum (aka the Forum listing page) for all users. An administrator can exploit this at the wp-admin/post.php?action=edit URI.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.002
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
- 0xsaju/Awesome-Bugbounty-Writeups
- 20142995/nuclei-templates
- 302Found1/Awesome-Writeups
- ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- Hacker-Fighter001/Bug-Bounty-Hunter-Articles
- ImranTheThirdEye/Awesome-Bugbounty-Writeups
- Patrikx0x0/Awesome-Bugbounty-Writeups
- Prabirrimi/Awesome-Bugbounty-Writeups
- Prodrious/writeups
- Saidul-M-Khan/Awesome-Bugbounty-Writeups
References
- codex.bbpress.org/releases/ (Vendor Advisory)
- wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/ (Third Party Advisory)
- bbpress.org/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.youtube.com/watch (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-13487?
- CVE-2020-13487 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bbpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-05-26.
- How severe is CVE-2020-13487?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-13487 known to be exploited?
- 33 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.