Vulnerabilities / BuddyPress / WPSEC-2026-1554
BuddyPress <= 12.7.2 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure of Hidden Groups via Groups REST API Endpoint
Medium 5.3
CWE-200Fixed in 12.7.3
- ID
- WPSEC-2026-1554
- Plugin
- BuddyPress (buddypress)
- Affected
- from 12.0.0 before 12.7.3
- Remediation
- Update to 12.7.3 or later.
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Usage
- Plugin Medium · Affected versions Low among sites WPSec scans, 2026-10-23
- Attack surface
- BuddyPress on WPSec AttackSurface
- Fix released
- Published
Description
The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure via the 'status' parameter of the groups REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 12.7.2, due to the hidden-group restriction only being enforced when the 'show_hidden' parameter is requested, while a request filtering by status removes the default exclusion of hidden groups. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to list hidden groups and their details, which should only be visible to their members and site moderators.
References
- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1554/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/buddypress/tags/12.7.3/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/
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