BuddyPress <= 14.5.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection via XProfile Field Data
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data in all versions up to, and including, 14.5.0 This is due to the `bp_unserialize_profile_field()` function using `@unserialize()` without the `allowed_classes` parameter on user-controlled XProfile field data. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary PHP objects via XProfile textbox fields, which could lead to remote code execution if a suitable POP chain is available in the WordPress environment.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| buddypress | BuddyPress | up to 14.5.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- BuddyPress Vendorbuddypress Affected up to 14.5.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | buddypress |
- cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·buddypress
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-1360
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-95g3-wxff-cpfp
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/467dd833-2f47-43cd-8d13-dffdad394b3c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-template.php#L1000
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/tags/14.4.0/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-template.php#L1000
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-xprofile/classes/class-bp-rest-xprofile-fields-endpoint.php#L866
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-functions.php#L519
- https://owasp.org/www-community/vulnerabilities/PHP_Object_Injection
- https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unserialize.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbuddypress/tags/14.4.0&new_path=%2Fbuddypress/tags/14.5.0
More buddypress vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-04488 BuddyPress privilege escalation via REST API CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2014-01473 The Group creation process in the Buddypress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-09291 BuddyPress <= 14.1.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Directory Traversal CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2020-04300 Private data exposure via REST API in BuddyPress CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
- TI-2026-38711 BuddyPress 14.4.0 Private Message IDOR via REST API user_id Parameter CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2025-38345 WordPress BuddyPress plugin <= 14.3.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-1360 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-1360 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-95g3-wxff-cpfp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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