CVE-2024-10011: BuddyPress <= 14.1.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Directory Traversal

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

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

BuddyPress: through 14.1.0

References

https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/version-14-2-1/
https://github.com/buddypress/buddypress/blob/master/src/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php#L1270
https://github.com/buddypress/buddypress/blob/master/src/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php#L1370
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
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4327f414-64f4-4193-a5c0-2a5ecdd75e11?source=cve

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