CVE-2020-13693

Public Exploit

Description

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

9.8

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 43.51% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory bbpress.org Vendor Advisory bbpress.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/	release notes vendor advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers	third party advisory release notes
https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out/	release notes vendor advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Escalation.html	exploit vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-13693?: CVE-2020-13693 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-13693?: To fix CVE-2020-13693, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-13693 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2020-13693 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~44% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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