# CVE-2026-1360: BuddyPress \<= 14.5.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection via XProfile Field Data

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-30 · Updated: 2026-07-30

## Affected

- BuddyPress: through 14.5.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on BuddyPress, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- 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

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