What is CVE-2024-11976?

CVE-2024-11976 is a high-severity vulnerability in Buddypress, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2026-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2024-11976?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

RCE in Buddypress

CVE-2024-11976

The The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 14.3.3. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.004 (36.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Buddypress — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

security@wordfence.com
security@wordfence.com
security@wordfence.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-11976?: CVE-2024-11976 is a high-severity vulnerability in Buddypress, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2026-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2024-11976?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.