Skip to content
Patch Next
Sign inAdd to your agent

← Actionable
Medium, CVSS 4.8

bbPress stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Forum creation section

CVE-2020-13487GHSA-p9xp-xghp-gqvp

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

Add to your agent

Affected packages

  • Packagist bbpress/bbpress

    Affected
    <= 2.6.4
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
4.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
  • CVE-2020-13487: 1.59% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 75.73 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

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?posttype=forum (aka the Forum listing page) for all users. An administrator can exploit this at the wp-admin/post.php?action=edit URI.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-p9xp-xghp-gqvp

Agent brief

Preview the exact text before you copy it. Commands are read-only suggestions; review them before running anything.

# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2020-13487

Advisory: bbPress stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Forum creation section
IDs: CVE-2020-13487, GHSA-p9xp-xghp-gqvp
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2020-13487 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Packagist bbpress/bbpress: affected <= 2.6.4

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Packagist bbpress/bbpress: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on bbpress/bbpress.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p9xp-xghp-gqvp (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-p9xp-xghp-gqvp lists affected ranges: Packagist bbpress/bbpress >=0 <=2.6.4)

Commands are suggestions: review each one before running it.

Loading voting…