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CVE-2017-6954

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6954 describes an improper authorization vulnerability in the BuddyPress Docs plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 1.9.3. This flaw allows authenticated users to edit documents belonging to other users without the necessary permissions. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), it has a low attack complexity and requires only low privileges, but its impact is limited to integrity, with no confidentiality or availability concerns. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0112 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: buddypress/buddypressFixed in: 1.9.3
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-9wf6-88x4-6xvjmedium

BuddyPress Docs plugin Improper Privilege Management

May 13, 2022

References

github.com / boonebgorges/buddypress-docs/commit/75293ed4e5f31f04e54689bfe2c647e3e3f5e1a9
PatchThird Party Advisory
wordpress.org / plugins/buddypress-docs/changelog
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97238