WordPress Buddypress 1.9.1 Privilege Escalation

🗓️ 14 Feb 2014 00:00:00Reported by Pietro OlivaType

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WordPress Buddypress 1.9.1 Privilege Escalation due to Lack of Permissions Chec

Reporter	Title	Published	Views	Family All 13
0day.today	WordPress Buddypress 1.9.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability	15 Feb 201400:00	–	zdt
CVE	CVE-2014-1889	10 Apr 201815:00	–	cve
Cvelist	CVE-2014-1889	10 Apr 201815:00	–	cvelist
Exploit DB	WordPress Plugin BuddyPress 1.9.1 - Privilege Escalation	11 Feb 201400:00	–	exploitdb
exploitpack	WordPress Plugin BuddyPress 1.9.1 - Privilege Escalation	11 Feb 201400:00	–	exploitpack
NVD	CVE-2014-1889	10 Apr 201815:29	–	nvd
Patchstack	WordPress Buddypress Plugin 1.9.1 - Privilege Escalation	11 Feb 201400:00	–	patchstack
Prion	Cross site scripting	1 Mar 201400:01	–	prion
Prion	Information disclosure	10 Apr 201815:29	–	prion
securityvulns	Wordpress plugin Buddypress <= 1.9.1 privilege escalation vulnerability	5 May 201400:00	–	securityvulns

`# Vulnerability: Wordpress plugin Buddypress <= 1.9.1 privilege escalation  
# Date: 13/02/2014  
# Author: Pietro Oliva  
# Vendor Homepage: http://buddypress.org  
# Software Link: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress.1.9.1.zip  
# Version: 1.9.1  
# CVE : [CVE-2014-1889]  
# Responsibly disclosed and patched in version 1.9.2  
  
it's possible to perform a privilege escalation attack due to a lack  
of permissions check in the group creation process. A malicious user  
could exploit this vulnerability to take control of every group  
(change name, description, avatar and settings).  
To exploit this vulnerability you have to follow these steps:  
  
1) Create a cookie named bp_new_group_id=<id_of_victim_group>  
2) Visit the url http://example.com/groups/create/step/group-details/  
3) Enjoy the power  
  
  
  
  
-Pietro Oliva-  
`

14 Feb 2014 00:00Current

0.3Low risk

Vulners AI Score0.3

EPSS0.13364