Medium severity · published May 14, 2024
CVE-2024-3974
The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘user_name’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 12.4.0 due to insufficient input…
5.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘user_name’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 12.4.0 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BU
Buddypress · Buddypress
before 12.4.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3974
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3974
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-members/bp-members-admin.php#L145
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-members/bp-members-blocks.php#L347
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3079691/buddypress
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3657384e-025a-44ad-8b7e-1a2fea17dcc3?source=cve
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