CVE-2020-13487

medium

Description

The bbPress plugin through 2.6.4 for WordPress has stored XSS in the Forum creation section, resulting in JavaScript execution at wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=forum (aka the Forum listing page) for all users. An administrator can exploit this at the wp-admin/post.php?action=edit URI.

References

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rXP8CGTe08

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/#developers

https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/

https://bbpress.org/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-05-26

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01044