BuddyPress: known security problems
29 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 29 known security problems on this page. 26 of them have a fixed version. Updating to version 14.5.0 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 14.3.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 14.3.3
- Fixed in
- 14.3.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 14.3.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-12145
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 14.3.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Notifications Deletion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could in some setups, take over your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 14.5.0
- Fixed in
- No fixed version yet
- What to do
- There is no fixed version yet. If your site uses it, think about turning it off or replacing it until a fix comes out.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-1360
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 14.5.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection via XProfile Field Data
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site (up to and including 14.4.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 14.4.0
- Fixed in
- 14.5.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 14.5.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-8155
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 14.4.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Private Messages Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 14.4.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 14.4.0
- Fixed in
- No fixed version yet
- What to do
- There is no fixed version yet. If your site uses it, think about turning it off or replacing it until a fix comes out.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-53675
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 14.4.0 - Authenticated (Custom+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 14.4.0) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 14.4.0
- Fixed in
- No fixed version yet
- What to do
- There is no fixed version yet. If your site uses it, think about turning it off or replacing it until a fix comes out.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-53673
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 14.4.0 - Authenticated (Custom+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 14.3.3
- Fixed in
- 14.3.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 14.3.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-11976
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 14.3.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 14.3.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 14.3.4
- Fixed in
- 14.4.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 14.4.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-62022
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 14.3.4 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site (up to and including 14.1.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 14.1.0
- Fixed in
- 14.2.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 14.2.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-10011
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 14.1.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Directory Traversal
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 12.5.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 12.5.0
- Fixed in
- 12.5.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 12.5.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-4892
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 12.4.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 12.4.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 12.4.0
- Fixed in
- 12.4.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 12.4.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-3974
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 12.4.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 11.3.1
- Fixed in
- 11.3.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 11.3.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-50880
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 11.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could read or change the data in your site’s database (up to and including 9.0.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 9.0.0
- Fixed in
- 9.1.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 9.1.1 or newer.
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 9.0.0 - SQL Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 9.0.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 9.0.0
- Fixed in
- 9.1.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 9.1.1 or newer.
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 9.0.0 - Information Disclosure via REST API
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 7.2.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.2.1
- Fixed in
- 7.3.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 7.3.0 or newer.
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 7.2.1 - Missing Authorization to Group Creation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.2.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.2.1
- Fixed in
- 7.3.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 7.3.0 or newer.
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 7.2.1 - Insufficient Privilege De-escalation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 7.2.1) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.2.1
- Fixed in
- 7.3.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 7.3.0 or newer.
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 7.2.1 - Missing Authorization to Private Post Activity
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 7.2.1) (3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.2.1
- Fixed in
- 7.3.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 7.3.0 or newer.
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 7.2.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthorized Group Access
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.2.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.2.0
- Fixed in
- 7.2.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 7.2.1 or newer.
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 7.2.0 - Authorization Bypass to Friend Invite
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (from 7.0.0 up to, but not including, 7.2.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 7.0.0 up to, but not including, 7.2.1
- Fixed in
- 7.2.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 7.2.1 or newer.
- Report title
- BuddyPress - 7.0.0 - 7.2.0 - Insufficient Privilege De-escalation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could take over your site as an admin (from 5.0.0 up to and including 7.2.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 5.0.0 up to and including 7.2.0
- Fixed in
- 7.2.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 7.2.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-21389
- Report title
- BuddyPress 5.0.0-7.2.0 - Privilege Escalation via REST API
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.2.0) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.2.0
- Fixed in
- 7.2.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 7.2.1 or newer.
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 7.2.0 - Authorization Bypass to Private Message Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (before 6.4.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 6.4.0
- Fixed in
- 6.4.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 6.4.0 or newer.
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 6.3.0 - Insufficient Input Validation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 5.1.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.1.1
- Fixed in
- 5.1.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 5.1.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2020-5244
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 5.1.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could slow down or crash your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.1.0
- Fixed in
- 5.1.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 5.1.1 or newer.
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 5.1.0 - Denial of Service
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 2.0 up to and including 2.7.3
- Fixed in
- 2.7.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 2.7.4 or newer.
- Report title
- BuddyPress 2.0 - 2.7.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could take over your site as an admin (up to and including 2.3.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.3.4
- Fixed in
- 2.3.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 2.3.5 or newer.
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 2.3.4 - Privilege Escalation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.9.1
- Fixed in
- 1.9.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 1.9.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2014-1888
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 1.9.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (before 1.9.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.9.2
- Fixed in
- 1.9.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 1.9.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2014-1889
- Report title
- BuddyPress <= 1.9.1 - Authorization Bypass
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could read or change the data in your site’s database (from 1.5 up to and including 1.5.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 1.5 up to and including 1.5.4
- Fixed in
- 1.5.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update BuddyPress to version 1.5.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2012-2109
- Report title
- BuddyPress - 1.5-1.5.4 - SQL Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
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