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CVE-2014-1889 (GCVE-0-2014-1889)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-10 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:58
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2014-02-05 00:00
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