CVE-2014-1888

BuddyPress <= 1.9.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

6.4

CVSS Score

6.4

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

1.9.2

Patched in

3462d

Time to patch

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the BuddyPress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name field to groups/create/step/group-details. NOTE: this can be exploited without authentication by leveraging CVE-2014-1889.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.9.1

PublishedAugust 1, 2014

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginbuddypress

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2fe3724-f71c-4548-9410-838c0337f887?source=api-prod

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