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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-53674 EUVD-2026-35878GHSA-8q4w-j47q-pg4x

BuddyPress 14.4.0 REGEXP Injection via @Mention Username Resolution

Published Jun 9, 2026 · Updated Jun 10, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

BuddyPress 14.4.0 contains a regular expression injection vulnerability in the activity mention resolver that, when username compatibility mode is enabled, allows attackers to manipulate a REGEXP database clause by crafting mention names containing regex metacharacters. Attackers can submit @mentions whose metacharacters pass through esc_sql unescaped and are inserted into an unprepared REGEXP query against the users table, enabling boolean-based inference of usernames and denial of service through catastrophic backtracking.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
BuddyPress BuddyPress ≤ 14.4.0 —

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