Vulnerability in Bbpress
CVE-2020-13693
An unauthenticated privilege-escalation issue exists in the bbPress plugin before 2.6.5 for WordPress when New User Registration is enabled.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.439 (98.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.439 · newest: 0.439 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- codex.bbpress.org/releases/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/ (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Escalation… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-13693?
- CVE-2020-13693 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bbpress. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-05-29.
- How severe is CVE-2020-13693?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-13693 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.