# 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`), https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-user-profile-reviews/
- **Affected versions:** all versions before 3.8.1
- **Fixed in:** 3.8.1 (Update to 3.8.1 or later.)
- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
- **Weakness:** CWE-862
- **Usage among sites WPSec scans:** plugin Low, affected versions None seen (as of 2026-10-10)
- **Attack surface analysis:** https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/bp-user-profile-reviews
- **Fix released:** 2026-10-09
- **Published:** 2026-10-10
- **URL:** https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0748/

## 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/

Source: WPSec, https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0748/

License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Free to use, share and adapt, also commercially, if you credit WPSec and link to this advisory.