GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-j3j5-5m8v-7gvc BuddyPress: Authenticated attackers can access arbitrary private message threads via user_id request parameter
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-53673
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- buddypress/buddypress
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-639
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-12
Affected packages
• Packagist buddypress/buddypress: < 14.5.0 → fixed in 14.5.0
Description
BuddyPress 14.4.0 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability in the messages REST API that allows authenticated attackers to access arbitrary private message threads by supplying a user_id parameter in the request. Attackers can pass another user's identifier to the get_item_permissions_check method, which validates the supplied user_id instead of the logged-in user and is reused by the update and delete handlers, to read, reply to, or delete any user's private messages.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-53673 BuddyPress 14.4.0 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability in the messages REST API that allows authenticated attackers… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53673 advisory
- https://github.com/buddypress/buddypress/commit/27d41e9749a878103b3a673b37dfc92b7f8f2cb7 web
- https://buddypress.org web
- https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress package
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress web
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/buddypress-private-message-idor-via-rest-api-user-id-parameter web