BuddyPress Member Reviews <= 3.8.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Review Submission Role Restriction Bypass

ID

WPSEC-2026-0749

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

2026-10-09

Published

2026-10-10

Description

The BuddyPress Member Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized review submission in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.0 due to the submit-review handler not enforcing the Reviewer Roles and Reviewee Roles settings server-side, relying only on hiding the Add Review button. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to submit reviews from a disallowed role or to members whose role is excluded from receiving reviews, and to post anonymous reviews even when Anonymous Reviews is disabled.

References

• https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0749/
• 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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