CVE-2024-13697: Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss <= 2.7.4 - Unauthenticated Limited Server-Side Request Fo...
Description
The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.4 via the 'nice_links'. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services. Successful exploitation requires the "Enable link previews" to be enabled (default).
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-13697
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 4.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)Affected Products
Vendor: wordplus
Product: Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 9.06% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-30 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13697https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b67710d7-976b-4a65-bad3-091a97aceb00?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3243180/bp-better-messages