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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-1889 · published 10 April 2018

CVE-2014-1889: Buddypress permissions and access controls vulnerability

Buddypress · Buddypress

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.

6.5 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 11% · top 4.4% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
6.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.0
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531050/100/0/threaded ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65554 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2/ Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91261 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531050/100/0/threaded ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65554 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2/ Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91261 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-1889), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.