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Private data exposure via REST API in BuddyPress

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 24, 2020 in buddypress/buddypress • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

composer buddypress/buddypress (Composer)

Affected versions

< 5.1.2

Patched versions

5.1.2

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.

References

@ehti ehti published to buddypress/buddypress Feb 24, 2020
Reviewed Feb 24, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 24, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.222%
(61st percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-5244

GHSA ID

GHSA-3j78-7m59-r7gv

Source code

No known source code
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