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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-5244

In BuddyPress before 5.1.2, requests to a certain REST API endpoint can result in private user data getting exposed. Authentication is not needed. This has been patched in version 5.1.2.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:29 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-5244

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Feb 2020, 18:15 UTC

In BuddyPress before 5.1.2, requests to a certain REST API endpoint can result in private user data getting exposed. Authentication is not needed. This has been patched in version 5.1.2.

osv:CVE-2020-5244
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5244",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-5244",
    "summary": "In BuddyPress before 5.1.2, requests to a certain REST API endpoint can result in private user data getting exposed. Authentication is not needed. This has been patched in version 5.1.2.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-5244",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-5244",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-5244",
        "GHSA-3j78-7m59-r7gv"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/buddypress/buddypress",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "9a29774bb86d2befe8c29ff8d75c4b55fbbcb71f"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "04338d2cd0bf369ca3bf1fc3cf27879a367f3dee"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "39294680369a0c992290577a9d740f4a2f2c2ca3"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "5.1.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "39294680369a0c992290577a9d740f4a2f2c2ca3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-5244.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:22.285665580Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://buddypress.org/2020/01/buddypress-5-1-2/",
        "https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/security/advisories/GHSA-3j78-7m59-r7gv",
        "https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/commit/39294680369a0c992290577a9d740f4a2f2c2ca3"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-5244",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385214,
  "published_at": "2020-02-24T18:15:22.4+00:00"
}