Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in BuddyPress Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-4892
6.4MEDIUM
Key Information
- Vendor
- Buddypress
- Status
- Buddypress
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 12 June 2024
Summary
The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘display_name’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 12.4.1 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.
Affected Version(s)
BuddyPress <= 12.5.0
References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved
Collectors
NVD DatabaseMitre Database
Credit
wesley