# bbPress

> bbPress is forum software for WordPress.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:29 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `bbpress`
- Author: John James Jacoby
- Version: 2.6.21
- Active installs: 100,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-27 (17 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.0, PHP 7.2
- Tags: discussion, forum, forums, support
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 17 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit, Focused ↔ All-in-one (personality).

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-14 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Information Exposure (before 2.6.19). CVE-2026-110762, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e3d8f45-a0c1-42b3-b179-9a3ca3009651?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-11 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Information Exposure (up to 2.6.14). CVE-2026-62137, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5bc4cad-d227-47f8-a739-d64410f8c05e?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-31 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 2.6.14). CVE-2026-74010, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/310ad533-7f86-4fbc-93de-a742c33a6a51?source=api-prod
- 2025-03-04 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery to Limited Privilege Escalation (up to 2.6.11). CVE-2025-1435, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d776d94-8c81-4e88-bae3-946824a75c09?source=api-prod
- 2020-05-28 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (up to 2.6.4). CVE-2020-13693, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/57be90d8-dab7-49c8-bcdf-32e967ee1716?source=api-prod
- 2020-05-28 MEDIUM:  Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the forums list table (up to 2.6.4). CVE-2020-13487, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f20aff55-f9c9-42f7-9c7b-3f4a709f4a60?source=api-prod
- 2017-11-13 HIGH: Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection (before 2.5.13). WF-5097da41-b5e9-4e07-a135-83a7d889fe9b, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5097da41-b5e9-4e07-a135-83a7d889fe9b?source=api-prod
- 2016-07-13 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.5.9). WF-0ec8a72e-0153-4c2b-bdda-c6474cc2aadb, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0ec8a72e-0153-4c2b-bdda-c6474cc2aadb?source=api-prod
- 2016-05-03 HIGH: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 2.5.9). WF-fcb76d10-fc60-4b19-9b47-1b98f8400a96, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fcb76d10-fc60-4b19-9b47-1b98f8400a96?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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