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CVSSv2

CVE-2021-21389

Published: 26/03/2021 Updated: 01/04/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 802
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

BuddyPress is an open source WordPress plugin to build a community site. In releases of BuddyPress from 5.0.0 prior to 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.

Vulnerability Trend

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Github Repositories

Privilege Escalation via REST API Leading to Docker Container Escape Lab Writeup (time required 30 mins - 60 mins) A lab by Warren Atkinson A wordpress website with outdated vulnerable plugins leading to authentication bypass & rce, web host machine takeover leading to container breakout to host Subjects covered API manipulation Creating a user account with auth bypas

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 plu…

CVE-2021-21389 BuddyPress < 721 - REST API Privilege Escalation to RCE PoC (Full) Affected version: 500 to 720 User requirement: Subscriber user Method: Privilege Escalation to Administrator and trigger RCE via REST API Endpoint: /v1/members/me endpoint How to use Docker git clone githubcom/HoangKien1020/CVE-2021-21389 cd CVE-2021-21389/ docker build -

Method: Privilege Escalation to Administrator and trigger RCE via REST API

CVE-2021-21389 BuddyPress < 721 - REST API Privilege Escalation to RCE PoC (Full) Affected version: 500 to 720 User requirement: Subscriber user Method: Privilege Escalation to Administrator and trigger RCE via REST API Endpoint: /v1/members/me endpoint How to use Docker git clone githubcom/HoangKien1020/CVE-2021-21389 cd CVE-2021-21389/ docker build -