Vulnerability · Published Oct 25, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-10011BuddyPress <= 14.1.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Directory Traversal
High 8.1
In plain English
A high-severity path traversal in BuddyPress from buddypress. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 14.1.0 via the id parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform actions on files outside of the originally intended directory and enables file uploads to directories outside of the web root. Depending on server configuration it may be possible to upload files with double extensions.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| buddypress | BuddyPress | 0 – through 14.1.0 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4327f414-64f4-4193-a5c0-2a5ecdd75e11?source=cve
- https://github.com/buddypress/buddypress/blob/master/src/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php#L1370
- https://github.com/buddypress/buddypress/blob/master/src/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php#L1270
- https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/version-14-2-1/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3173924/buddypress/trunk/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php?contextall=1&old=3102524&old_path=%2Fbuddypress%2Ftrunk%2Fbp-core%2Fbp-core-avatars.php