CVE-2014-1889 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Group creation process in the Buddypress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain control of arbitrary groups by leveraging a missing permissions check.

Published: 2018-04-10

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 13.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.13364.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531050/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65554
https://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91261

History

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Subscriptions

Buddypress Buddypress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-04-10T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:58:16.144Z

Reserved: 2014-02-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-1889

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-10T15:29:00.520

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:05:13.110

Link: CVE-2014-1889

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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