vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: bbpress: CVE-2020-13487: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 28, 2020
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Jun 24, 2025

Description

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_typeequal toforum (aka the Forum listing page) for all users. An administrator can exploit this at the wp-admin/post.php?actionequal toedit URI.

Solution

bbpress-plugin-cve-2020-13487
Title
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