CVE-2024-13697

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss <= 2.7.4 - Unauthenticated Limited Server-Side Request Forgery in nice_links

mediumServer-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

4.8

CVSS Score

4.8

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

2.7.5

Patched in

Time to patch

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).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.7.4

PublishedFebruary 28, 2025

Last updatedMarch 1, 2025

Affected pluginbp-better-messages

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b67710d7-976b-4a65-bad3-091a97aceb00?source=api-prod

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