Check Point Advisories

Wordpress BBPress Plugin Privilege Escalation (CVE-2020-13693)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-0487
Date Published:	11 Jun 2020
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Thursday 11 June, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-13693
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Wordpress BBPress Plugin prior to 2.5
Vulnerability Description	A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Wordpress BBPress Plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Wordpress BBPress Plugin Privilege Escalation (CVE-2020-13693) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: Wordpress BBPress Plugin Privilege Escalation (CVE-2020-13693)