{"id":"CVE-2026-118082","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-118082"],"related":[],"title":"BuddyBoss Platform: subscribers can escalate their WordPress privileges","description":"Subscriber Privilege Escalation in Buddyboss Platform <= 3.5.0 versions.","summary":"BuddyBoss Platform, a WordPress plugin for community sites, versions up to and including 3.5.0 let a low-privilege Subscriber account raise its own privileges. An attacker with a basic account on the site can gain higher roles such as administrator.","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[{"name":"buddyboss-platform","fixed":[],"affected":"<= 3.5.0","ecosystem":"wordpress"}],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["buddyboss-platform","package","self-hosted","wordpress"],"not_affected_if":["newer-version","no-open-registration","plugin-not-installed"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed BuddyBoss Platform plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins; affected if it is `3.5.0` or older.\n- Review user accounts for unexpected roles with higher privileges than expected.","fix":"Fixed version not stated by vendor. Update BuddyBoss Platform to the latest release (3.6.2 as of 2026-10-29); confirm against the vendor changelog.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-29T16:18:03+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T16:25:57+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-29T16:28:00+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-29T16:37:57+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.5,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-29T16:28:00Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"internet","title":"BuddyBoss Platform: subscribers can escalate their WordPress privileges","impact":"high","summary":"BuddyBoss Platform, a WordPress plugin for community sites, versions up to and including 3.5.0 let a low-privilege Subscriber account raise its own privileges. An attacker with a basic account on the site can gain higher roles such as administrator.","audience":"businesses","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wordpress","buddyboss-platform","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"Subscriber account gains administrator privileges on the WordPress site","analyst_note":"Find the fixed BuddyBoss Platform version and the vulnerable endpoint from the NVD entry or vendor changelog.","how_to_check":"- Check the installed BuddyBoss Platform plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins; affected if it is `3.5.0` or older.\n- Review user accounts for unexpected roles with higher privileges than expected.","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed","newer-version","no-open-registration"],"who_is_affected":"Sites running the BuddyBoss Platform WordPress plugin at version 3.5.0 or older where users can register or hold a Subscriber account. Sites without this plugin, or running a newer version, are not affected. The sources do not state the fixed version.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"high"},"cost_usd":0.000684,"input_tokens":4056,"output_tokens":556,"severity_before":"high"},"analyst_status":"done","analyst_note":"Find the fixed BuddyBoss Platform version and the vulnerable endpoint from the NVD entry or vendor changelog.","search":"'-118082':11A,14A '-2026':10A,13A '3.5.0':39B,73C 'account':46B,56B 'administr':66B 'attack':52B 'basic':55B 'buddyboss':1A,16A,19B,26B,71C 'buddyboss-platform':15A,18B 'communiti':32B 'cve':9A,12A 'escal':5A,69C 'gain':61B 'higher':62B 'host':24B 'includ':38B 'let':40B 'low':43B 'low-privileg':42B 'packag':21B 'platform':2A,17A,20B,27B,72C 'plugin':30B 'privileg':8A,44B,50B,68C 'rais':47B 'role':63B 'self':23B 'self-host':22B 'site':33B,59B 'subscrib':3A,45B,67C 'version':34B,74C 'wordpress':7A,25B,29B","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Sites running the BuddyBoss Platform WordPress plugin at version 3.5.0 or older where users can register or hold a Subscriber account. Sites without this plugin, or running a newer version, are not affected. The sources do not state the fixed version.","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"none","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-29T16:18:03+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvss_by":"audit@patchstack.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-118082","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118082","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-29T16:18:03+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-29T16:20:19+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T16:25:57+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-29T16:25:57+00:00","note":null},{"source":"analyst","external_id":"CVE-2026-118082:1076","url":null,"severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-29T16:37:57+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-29T16:37:57+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T16:37:57+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-29T16:37:57+00:00","note":"No primary advisory found; NVD/Patchstack CNA only says <=3.5.0 Subscriber privesc. BuddyBoss GitHub releases list 3.5.1 (Sep 29), 3.6.0, 3.6.1, 3.6.2 (Oct 22) but changelogs do not name this CVE, so fixed version is unknown; latest 3.6.2 is the safe move. Endpoint undisclosed. No exploitation or PoC seen. Nothing marked verified."}],"documents":[{"id":17800,"url":"https://github.com/buddyboss/buddyboss-platform/releases","title":"buddyboss-platform releases (GitHub)","kind":"release","source":"analyst","publisher":null,"text":null,"published_at":null,"relation":"mentions","confidence":null,"note":null}],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}