The Group creation process in the Buddypress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain control of arbitrary groups by leveraging a missing permissions check.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-1889 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.73%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31571 | exploit_db | edb | 2014-02-11 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 13.36% | 10.73% | -2.63% |
| 2 | 2025-12-28 | 11.75% | 13.36% | +1.62% |
| 3 | 2025-12-27 | — | 11.75% | — |
Full EPSS history (24 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 3.0 | MEDIUM |
|
2.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 4.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| buddypress | buddypress | < 1.9.2 | cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531050/100/0/threaded | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65554 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91261 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |