CVE-2024-13612: Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss <= 2.6.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site...
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-13612
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.4
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products
Vendor: wordplus
Product: Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 24.53% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-02 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/169a857f-1ae0-40f6-8a34-10c573af59c5?source=cvehttps://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/