Known vulnerabilities in bbPress

bbPress is forum software for WordPress.

7Reported vulnerabilities

9.8Highest CVSS score

2.6.14Latest version

100,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update bbPress to 2.6.12 or later. 6 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: July 2, 2025 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.9.7 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2020-13693	Critical 9.8	43.9%	Before 2.6.5	`2.6.5`	May 29, 2020
CVE-2020-13487	Medium 4.8	1.4%	2.6.4 and earlier	`2.6.5`	May 26, 2020
WF-5097da41-b5e9-4e07-a135-83a7d889fe9b	High 8.3	—	Before 2.5.13	`2.5.13`	November 13, 2017
WF-fcb76d10-fc60-4b19-9b47-1b98f8400a96	High 7.2	—	Before 2.5.9	`2.5.9`	May 3, 2016
CVE-2025-1435	Medium 6.3	0.2%	0 to 2.6.11 (inclusive)	`2.6.12`	March 5, 2025
CVE-2026-74010	Medium 5.3	0.2%	2.6.14 and earlier	—	August 31, 2026
WF-0ec8a72e-0153-4c2b-bdda-c6474cc2aadb	Medium 4.7	—	2.5.9 and earlier	`2.5.10`	July 13, 2016

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.