# 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`), 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-2026-0749/

## 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/

Source: WPSec, https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0749/

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.