BuddyTask <= 1.3.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Cross-Group Task Board Access and Manipulation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The BuddyTask plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple AJAX endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to view, create, modify, and delete task boards belonging to any BuddyPress group, including private and hidden groups they are not members of.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14064
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hccr-jpf4-7r87
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0dfe0947-5790-49ba-aa3d-6bc61c12b355?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddytask/trunk/buddytask.php#L458
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddytask/trunk/buddytask.php#L666
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddytask/tags/1.3.0/buddytask.php#L458
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddytask/trunk/buddytask.php#L763
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddytask/trunk/buddytask.php#L840
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3416754/
Sources
- CVE-2025-14064 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14064 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hccr-jpf4-7r87 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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