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CVE-2020-13693

CRITICAL 9.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
May 29, 2020
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
cve@mitre.org
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An unauthenticated privilege-escalation issue exists in the bbPress plugin before 2.6.5 for WordPress when New User Registration is enabled.

Affected WordPress components

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • n/a n/a — Versions not specified
  • bbpress bbpress — Before 2.6.5

References

  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • bbpress.org https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
  • codex.bbpress.org https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record