# CVE-2024-12767: BuddyBoss platform < 2.7.60 - Private Comment Exposure via IDOR

> A logged-in user can view comments on private posts due to missing access controls in the BuddyBoss platform plugin.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 May 2025
- **Updated:** 13 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c6wh-53mq-4gr9

## What is CVE-2024-12767?

CVE-2024-12767 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown buddyboss-platform, published on 15 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The buddyboss-platform WordPress plugin before 2.7.60 lacks proper access controls and allows a logged-in user to view comments on private posts

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12767?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Buddyboss Buddyboss Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12767?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12767 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12767 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12767 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown buddyboss-platform

- [CVE-2025-1909](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1909/): BuddyBoss Platform Pro <= 2.7.01 - Authentication Bypass via Apple OAuth provider (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-13858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13858/): Cross-site scripting in BuddyBoss Platform (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-13859](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13859/): Cross-site scripting in BuddyBoss Platform (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-13860](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13860/): BuddyBoss Platform <= 2.8.50 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'bbp_topic_title' (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-13402](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13402/): BuddyBoss Platform <= 2.7.70 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'link_title' (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12767 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12767 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown buddyboss-platform, published on 15 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12767 exists.

Affected product: Unknown buddyboss-platform. 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-2024-12767/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12767/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12767
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12767
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12767

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12767/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.