BuddyPress WordPress Vulnerability May Impact Up To 100,000 Sites

A newly disclosed security vulnerability waffects the BuddyPress plugin, a WordPress plugin installed in over 100,000 websites. The vulnerability, given a threat level rating of 7.3 (high), enables unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. BuddyPress WordPress Plugin The BuddyPress plugin enables WordPress sites to create community features such as user profiles, activity streams, private messaging,

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