Intrusion PreventionWordPress.Plugin.BBPress.Unauthenticated.Privilege.Escalation
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Privilege Elevation vulnerability in Wordpress Plugin BBPress.
The vulnerability is due to the application's failure to properly sanitize user input while handling a craft HTTP request. A remote attacker can send a crafted request to elevated privileges.
Affected Products
WordPress Plugin BBPress plugin before 2.6.5
Impact
Privilege Escalation: Remote attackers can leverage their privileges on vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Apply the most recent upgrade or patch from the vendor.
https://bbpress.org/download/
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
| Date | Version | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-01 | 25.612 | Name:Wordpress. Plugin. BBPress. Unauthenticated. Privilege. Escalation:WordPress. Plugin. BBPress. Unauthenticated. Privilege. Escalation |
| 2020-07-08 | 15.881 | Default_action:pass:drop |
| 2020-06-30 | 15.876 |
| ID | 49312 |
| Created | Jun 22, 2020 |
| Updated | Jul 31, 2023 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2020-13693 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 83.25% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | All |
| Affected App | PHP_app |