CVE-2024-13612

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
wordplusBetter Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messages0 <= 2.6.9affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-79: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References