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CVE-2021-21389

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Detection and validation

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  • Sigma

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  • Atomic

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  • Nuclei

    BuddyPress REST API <7.2.1 - Privilege Escalation/Remote Code Execution. Check identifier: CVE-2021-21389.

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  • Metasploit

    Not mapped by tracked sources.

What it is

Reported

BuddyPress is an open source WordPress plugin to build a community site. In releases of BuddyPress from 5.0.0 before 7.2.1 it's possible for a non-privileged, regular user to obtain administrator rights by exploiting an issue in the REST API members endpoint. The vulnerability has been fixed in BuddyPress 7.2.1. Existing installations of the plugin should be updated to this version to mitigate the issue.

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What is affected

Reported

buddypress; buddypress. Product-level identification only; no affected-version conclusion is available from this field.

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Urgency and basis

Reported

Act · 454.8

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Exploitation evidence

Reported

listed by a tracked exploitation catalog · VulnCheck KEV

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What to do

Reported

Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Source remediation ↗

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