# CVE-2021-44692: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can harvest user email addresses by deriving them from public profile URLs in the BuddyBoss Platform plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p552-938q-8c73

## What is CVE-2021-44692?

CVE-2021-44692 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

BuddyBoss Platform through 1.8.0 allows remote attackers to obtain the email address of each user. When creating a new user, it generates a Unique ID for their profile. This UID is their private email address with symbols removed and periods replaced with hyphens. For example. JohnDoe@example.com would become /members/johndoeexample-com and Jo.test@example.com would become /members/jo-testexample-com. The members list is available to everyone and (in a default configuration) often without authentication. It is therefore trivial to collect a list of email addresses.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-44692?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Buddyboss Buddyboss.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-44692?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44692 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-44692 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44692 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-32670](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32670/): BuddyBoss XSS vulnerability (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2023-32671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32671/): BuddyBoss XSS vulnerability (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-32669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32669/): Authorization Bypass on BuddyBoss (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-43334](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43334/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-4750](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4750/): BuddyBoss Platform < 2.6.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference on Like Comment (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-44692 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-44692 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44692 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44692/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44692/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44692
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44692
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-44692

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44692/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.