BuddyPress Member Reviews <= 3.8.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Missing Authorization to Review Approval and Report Dismissal
- ID
- WPSEC-2026-0748
- Plugin
- Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Member Reviews (bp-user-profile-reviews)
- Affected
- all versions before 3.8.1
- Remediation
- Update to 3.8.1 or later.
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Usage
- Plugin Low · Affected versions None seen among sites WPSec scans, 2026-10-10
- Attack surface
- BuddyPress Member Reviews on WPSec AttackSurface
- Fix released
- Published
Description
The BuddyPress Member Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized moderation actions in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.0 due to insufficient capability checks. The bupr_approve_review AJAX action only required the 'edit_posts' capability, its nonce was printed on every post list screen in wp-admin, the 'Dismiss Reports' and 'Resolve Reports' bulk actions on the Reviews list had no capability check, and the single dismiss and resolve report actions only checked 'edit_post' on the review. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to approve and publish any pending or report-hidden review, and to dismiss or resolve the abuse reports on any review, bypassing moderation.
References
- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0748/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bp-user-profile-reviews/tags/3.8.1/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-user-profile-reviews/
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