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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…
Medium4.8EPSS 1.6%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistbbpress/bbpressGHSA-p9xp-xghp-gqvp (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bbpress.org/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rXP8CGTe08 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-p9xp-xghp-gqvp (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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