# CVE-2024-4886: BuddyBoss Platform < 2.6.0 - Subscriber+ Comment on Private Post via IDOR

> An attacker can comment on private posts by manipulating request IDs, bypassing intended access controls in the BuddyBoss Platform plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-27r3-85x4-pfqv

## What is CVE-2024-4886?

CVE-2024-4886 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown buddyboss-platform, published on 5 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The  contains an IDOR vulnerability that allows a user to comment on a private post by manipulating the ID included in the request

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4886?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Buddyboss Buddyboss Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4886?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4886 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4886 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4886 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## 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-2024-4886 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4886 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown buddyboss-platform, published on 5 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4886 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2024-4886/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4886/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4886
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4886
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4886

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4886/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.