CVE-2025-62022 HIGH

CVE-2025-62022: WordPress BuddyPress plugin <= 14.3.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Buddypress

Product BuddyPress

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published October 22, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in BuddyPress BuddyPress buddypress.This issue affects BuddyPress: from n/a through <= 14.3.4.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

BuddyPress versions up to 14.3.4 fail to properly check user permissions before allowing access to sensitive data. An attacker on the network can read confidential information without authentication. The vulnerability affects all installations running the affected versions. Update to version 14.4.0 or later to resolve this issue.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive data from the site without logging in.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Confidential user data or site information may be exposed to unauthenticated attackers.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access only; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

October 22, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62022 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

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