CVE-2021-21389
Scores
EPSS
Percentile: 93.3%
CVSS
CVSS Score: 8.8/10
All CVSS Scores
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vector Breakdown
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) vector provides detailed metrics about vulnerability characteristics
CVSS
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Describes how the vulnerability is exploited
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Describes the conditions beyond the attacker's control
Privileges Required
Low (L)
Describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess
User Interaction
None (N)
Captures the requirement for a human user participation
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Determines if a successful attack impacts components beyond the vulnerable component
Confidentiality Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to the confidentiality of information
Integrity Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability
Availability Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vector Breakdown
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) vector provides detailed metrics about vulnerability characteristics
CVSS
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Describes how the vulnerability is exploited
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Describes the conditions beyond the attacker's control
Authentication
Single
Describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Measures the impact to the confidentiality of information
Integrity Impact
Complete
Measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability
Availability Impact
Complete
Measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component
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.
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Sources
CWEs
Exploits
Vulnerable Software (1)
Type: Configuration
Vendor: *
Product: buddypress
Operating System: * * *
{ "cpe_match": [ { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.1", "versionStartIncluding": "5.0.0", "vulnerable": ...
{ "cpe_match": [ { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.1", "versionStartIncluding": "5.0.0", "vulnerable": true } ], "operator": "OR"}
Source: nvd