🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2023-2704

CRITICAL 9.8

BP Social Connect <= 1.5 - Authentication Bypass

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The BP Social Connect plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being supplied during a Facebook login through the plugin. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the email.

CWE CWE-288
Vendor vibethemes
Product bp social connect
Published May 19, 2023
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

vibethemes / BP Social Connect
0 ≤ 1.5

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/44c96df2-530a-4ebe-b722-c606a7b135f9?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-social-connect/tags/1.5/includes/social/facebook/class.facebook.php#L138 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-social-connect/tags/1.5/includes/social/facebook/class.facebook.php#L188 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2914042%40bp-social-connect%2Ftrunk&old=1904372%40bp-social-connect%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file6 lana.codes: https://lana.codes/lanavdb/1bd0dfd9-ffec-4d69-bc55-286751300cab/

Credits

István Márton