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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1wOXhwLXhnaHAtZ3F2cM4AAkyl

bbPress stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Forum creation section

The bbPress plugin through 2.6.4 for WordPress has stored XSS in the Forum creation section, resulting in JavaScript execution at wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=forum (aka the Forum listing page) for all users. An administrator can exploit this at the wp-admin/post.php?action=edit URI.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p9xp-xghp-gqvp
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1wOXhwLXhnaHAtZ3F2cM4AAkyl
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: almost 2 years ago
Updated: 23 days ago

CVSS Score: 4.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-p9xp-xghp-gqvp, CVE-2020-13487
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13487
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rXP8CGTe08
• https://bbpress.org
• https://codex.bbpress.org/releases
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p9xp-xghp-gqvp

Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages