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Exploit for BuddyPress REST API <7.2.1 - Privilege Escalation/Remote Code Execution (CVE-2021-21389)

Description:

WordPress BuddyPress before version 7.2.1 is susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability that can be leveraged to perform remote code execution.

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View the template here CVE-2021-21389.yaml

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References:

https://github.com/HoangKien1020/CVE-2021-21389
https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/security/advisories/GHSA-m6j4-8r7p-wpp3
https://buddypress.org/2021/03/buddypress-7-2-1-security-release/
https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/version-7-2-1/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21389