CVE-2024-3974
BuddyPress <= 12.4.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- May 9, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 19, 2024
Description
The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘user_name’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 12.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions 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 |
|---|---|
BuddyPressbuddypress |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3657384e-025a-44ad-8b7e-1a2fea17dcc3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-members/bp-members-blocks.php#L347
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-members/bp-members-admin.php#L145
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3079691/buddypress
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