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HistoryMay 24, 2022 - 5:18 p.m.

bbPress stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Forum creation section

2022-05-2417:18:42
CWE-79
GitHub Advisory Database
github.com
9
bbpress
xss
vulnerability
forum creation
javascript
wp-admin
wordpress
administrator
exploit
software

CVSS2

3.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

4.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

AI Score

6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

56.3%

The bbPress plugin through 2.6.4 for WordPress has stored XSS in the Forum creation section, resulting in JavaScript execution at wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=forum (aka the Forum listing page) for all users. An administrator can exploit this at the wp-admin/post.php?action=edit URI.

Affected configurations

Vulners
Node
bbpressbbpressRange2.6.4
VendorProductVersionCPE
bbpressbbpress*cpe:2.3:a:bbpress:bbpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS2

3.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

4.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

AI Score

6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

56.3%

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