CVE-2020-13487: Bbpress

Medium severity, CVSS 4.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The bbPress plugin through 2.6.4 for WordPress has stored XSS in the Forum creation section, resulting in JavaScript execution at wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=forum (aka the Forum listing page) for all users. An administrator can exploit this at the wp-admin/post.php?action=edit URI.

Affected products

• Bbpress Bbpress: up to and including 2.6.4

Published 2020-05-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.