Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Feb 1, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-13612
CVE-2024-13612
Description
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.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
3<=2.6.9+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=2.6.9
- (no CPE)
- wordplus/Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messagesv5Range: 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3228965/nvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/169a857f-1ae0-40f6-8a34-10c573af59c5nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/trunk/inc/shortcodes.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/trunk/inc/shortcodes.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/trunk/inc/shortcodes.phpnvdProduct
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.