Vulnerabilities / bbPress / WPSEC-2026-1118
bbPress <= 2.6.19 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Topic and Reply Creation in Password-Protected Forums
Medium 4.3
CWE-862Fixed in 2.6.20
- ID
- WPSEC-2026-1118
- Plugin
- bbPress (bbpress)
- Affected
- all versions before 2.6.20
- Remediation
- Update to 2.6.20 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 Medium · Affected versions Medium among sites WPSec scans, 2026-10-16
- Attack surface
- bbPress on WPSec AttackSurface
- Fix released
- Published
Description
The bbPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized content creation in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.19 due to a missing password-required check in the new topic and new reply handlers. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to post new topics and replies into password-protected forums or topics without supplying the password.
References
- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1118/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bbpress/tags/2.6.20/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/
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