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Publicly disclosed HackerOne reports, with the platform's own outcome and severity.

Program:WordPress
Status:Valid
Clear
Severity:Medium
Clear
Weakness
Year
Bounty paid0
Access stated
Access needed
Technique
Clear filters35 of 15,219 reports
Disclosed bug bounty reports
ReportStatusWeaknessSeverityDisclosedBountyVotes
Wordpress unzip_file path traversalAnalysed#205481ValidMisconfiguration and Insecure DesignMedium2020-01-29–119
Pivilege escalation of any new user to Keymaster caused by CSRFAnalysed#2999394ValidAccess ControlMedium2025-09-13–61
Unauthenticated disclosure of draft/private/pending post titles & IDs via Secure Custom Fields nopriv AJAX field-query handlers (post_object/relationsAnalysed#3893632ValidAccess ControlMedium2026-09-28–51
wp-embed XSS on SafariAnalysed#1238528ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2023-07-01–49
Authenticated XXEAnalysed#1095645ValidInjection and SmugglingMedium2021-05-18–41
CampTix [camptix_private]: the view token is derived from the requester's own IP, so naming any attendee's e-mail unlocks the gated contentAnalysed#4043537ValidAuthenticationMedium2026-10-30–36
"Bad Protocols Validation" Bypass in "wp_kses_bad_protocol_once" using HTML-encoding without trailing semicolonsAnalysed#339483ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2019-11-16–34
Information / sensitive data disclosure on some endpointsAnalysed#273726ValidInformation DisclosureMedium2018-08-22–32
wordpress.org/openverse/: unauthenticated open redirect — `str_replace()`'s 4th arg is a count, not a limit; bypasses WordPress.org SSO allow-listAnalysed#3933198ValidOpen RedirectMedium2026-10-30–31
[mercantile.wordpress.org] Reflected XSS via AngularJS Template InjectionAnalysed#230234ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2017-06-14–29
Information Disclosure - Unauthen Leak Private ContentAnalysed#4053546ValidInformation DisclosureMedium2026-10-10–27
Authenticated Stored Cross-site Scripting in bbPress#881918ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2020-06-29–24
WordCamp Meta gpre: password-protected event RSVP list readable without password via /gpre/v1/.../rsvp-responses#4029867ValidAccess ControlMedium2026-11-05–23
XSS via unicode characters in upload filename#179695ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2020-08-28–23
Arbitrary change of blog's background image via CSRF#881855ValidCross-Site Request ForgeryMedium2020-12-14–21
Reflected Swf XSS In ( plugins.svn.wordpress.org )#270060ValidNo weakness recordedMedium2018-09-27–21
DOM Based XSS In mercantile.wordpress.org#230435ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2017-06-14–21
Infrastructure - Photon - SSRF#204513ValidServer-Side Request ForgeryMedium2017-07-17–21
Large-site Quick Edit reparses a Contributor display name into active HTML#3878399ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2026-10-21–20
[FG-VD-18-165] Wordpress Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Notification II#460911ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2019-10-11–20
XSS in the search bar of mercantile.wordpress.org#221893ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2017-05-20–19
PII of users can be downloaded from export pages#1172852ValidInformation DisclosureMedium2023-05-12–17
Reflected XSS at https://da.wordpress.org/themes/?s= via "s=" parameter#222040ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2017-07-26–16
Reflected XSS: Taxonomy Converter via tax parameter#495515ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2019-08-28–15
Authenticated Cross-site Scripting in Template Name#220903ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2017-11-18–15
Stored XSS in Post Preview as Contributor#497724ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2020-08-18–14
Buddypress 2.9.1 - Exceeding the maximum upload size - XSS leading to potential RCE.#263109ValidNo weakness recordedMedium2017-11-02–14
[mercantile.wordpress.org] Reflected XSS#240256ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2018-08-30–13
Improper Access Control in Buddypress core allows reply,delete any user's activity#837256ValidAccess ControlMedium2020-05-22–12
Lack of Sanitization and Insufficient Authentication#249759ValidCross-site ScriptingMedium2017-12-26–11
code.wordpress.net subdomain Takeover#295330ValidNo weakness recordedMedium2018-03-11–9
Allow authenticated users can edit, trash,and add new in BuddyPress Emails function#833782ValidAccess ControlMedium2020-05-22–8
Privilege Escalation in BuddyPress core allows Moderate to Administrator#837018ValidNo weakness recordedMedium2020-05-22–6
Unauthenticated hidden groups disclosure via Ajax groups search#282176ValidAccess ControlMedium2017-11-02–6
CSRF in Profile Fields allows deleting any field in BuddyPress#836187ValidCross-Site Request ForgeryMedium2020-05-22–5

Status and severity are HackerOne's. “Access stated” is what the title says; “Access needed” and techniques come from CyberSIXT's analysis of the public report (3,686 analysed so far), which can be wrong. Data as of 2026-11-15.