CVE - CVE-2021-21389

CVE-ID
CVE-2021-21389	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
BuddyPress is an open source WordPress plugin to build a community site. In releases of BuddyPress from 5.0.0 before 7.2.1 it's possible for a non-privileged, regular user to obtain administrator rights by exploiting an issue in the REST API members endpoint. The vulnerability has been fixed in BuddyPress 7.2.1. Existing installations of the plugin should be updated to this version to mitigate the issue.
References
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CONFIRM:https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/security/advisories/GHSA-m6j4-8r7p-wpp3 URL:https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/security/advisories/GHSA-m6j4-8r7p-wpp3 MISC:https://buddypress.org/2021/03/buddypress-7-2-1-security-release/ URL:https://buddypress.org/2021/03/buddypress-7-2-1-security-release/ MISC:https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/version-7-2-1/ URL:https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/version-7-2-1/
Assigning CNA
GitHub (maintainer security advisories)
Date Record Created
20201222	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20201222)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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