CVE-2024-13612
Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss <= 2.6.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- Feb 1, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 22, 2025
Description
The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'better_messages_live_chat_button' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messageswordplus |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/169a857f-1ae0-40f6-8a34-10c573af59c5?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/trunk/inc/shortcodes.php#L84
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/trunk/inc/shortcodes.php#L125
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/trunk/inc/shortcodes.php#L127
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3228965/
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