vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: buddypress: CVE-2020-5244: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jan 2, 2020 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 2, 2020
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
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.
Solution
buddypress-plugin-cve-2020-5244
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5244
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8457c5e1-9c31-4a1a-a221-36647753a877?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-0286
- CVE-2020-5244
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-5244
- CWE-284
- CWE-200
- EUVD-EUVD-2020-0286
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