BuddyPress <= 5.1.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

7.5
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2020-5244
CVSS 7.5 (High)
Publicly Published January 2, 2020
Last Updated January 5, 2023
Researchers Petter Walbø Johnsgård
Jacek Suski

Description

In BuddyPress before 5.1.2, requests to a certain REST API endpoint can result in private user data getting exposed. Authentication is not needed. This has been patched in version 5.1.2.

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Vulnerability Details for BuddyPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug buddypress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.1.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.1.1
Patched Version
  • 5.1.2

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