CVE-2026-1360
BuddyPress <= 14.5.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection via XProfile Field Data
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- buddypress BuddyPress
through 14.5.0
References 8
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-template.php#L1000
- browser/buddypress/tags/14.4.0/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-template.php#L1000
- browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-xprofile/classes/class-bp-rest-xprofile-fields-endpoint.php#L866
- browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-functions.php#L519
- changeset?old_path=%2Fbuddypress/tags/14.4.0&new_path=%2Fbuddypress/tags/14.5.0