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CVE-2014-1889

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Group creation process in the Buddypress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain control of arbitrary groups by leveraging a missing permissions check.

Affected products

• BuddyPress: before 1.9.2 — fixed in 1.9.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: BuddyPress 1.9.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531050/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65554
• https://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91261
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531050/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65554
• https://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91261

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