Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-13693 · published 29 May 2020
CVE-2020-13693: Bbpress vulnerability
Bbpress · Bbpress
An unauthenticated privilege-escalation issue exists in the bbPress plugin before 2.6.5 for WordPress when New User Registration is enabled.
Description
An unauthenticated privilege-escalation issue exists in the bbPress plugin before 2.6.5 for WordPress when New User Registration is enabled.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Escalation.html | ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
| https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out/ | Release NotesVendor Advisory |
| https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/ | Release NotesVendor Advisory |
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers | Release NotesThird Party Advisory |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Escalation.html | ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
| https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out/ | Release NotesVendor Advisory |
| https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/ | Release NotesVendor Advisory |
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers | Release NotesThird Party Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-13693), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
