The bbPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.11. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the bbp_user_add_role_on_register() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of a bbPress Keymaster via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Rather than implementing a nonce check to provide protection against this vulnerability, which would break functionality, the plugin no longer makes it possible to select a role during registration.
History

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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Description The bbPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.11. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the bbp_user_add_role_on_register() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of a bbPress Keymaster via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Rather than implementing a nonce check to provide protection against this vulnerability, which would break functionality, the plugin no longer makes it possible to select a role during registration.
Title bbPress <= 2.6.11 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Limited Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2025-03-05T08:21:54.291Z

Updated: 2025-03-05T14:26:56.296Z

Reserved: 2025-02-18T14:54:19.915Z

Link: CVE-2025-1435

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-05T14:26:52.273Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-03-05T09:15:10.267

Modified: 2025-03-05T09:15:10.267

Link: CVE-2025-1435

cve-icon Redhat

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