What is CVE-2025-5526?

CVE-2025-5526 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Boonebgorges Buddypress Docs, classified under CWE-639 AUTHORIZATION BYPASS THROUGH USER-CONTROLLED KEY. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2025-5526?

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

Vulnerability in Boonebgorges Buddypress Docs

CVE-2025-5526

The BuddyPress Docs WordPress plugin before 2.2.5 lacks proper access controls and allows a logged in user to view and download files belonging to another user

Published 2025-06-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (16.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 16.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Boonebgorges Buddypress Docs
Buddypress Docs — versions 0

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/10196cd3-5bf7-4e40-a4f7-4ff2d34d516d/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5526?: CVE-2025-5526 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Boonebgorges Buddypress Docs, classified under CWE-639 AUTHORIZATION BYPASS THROUGH USER-CONTROLLED KEY. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2025-5526?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.