CVE-2014-1889 describes a missing permissions check in the Group creation process of the BuddyPress plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 1.9.2. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to gain control of arbitrary groups. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it presents a low complexity attack vector where an authenticated user can achieve high integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.