CVE-2021-21389
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
26/03/2021
Last modified:
01/04/2021
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
9.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 5.0.0 (including) | 7.2.1 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page



