Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published May 14, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2024-3974
CVE-2024-3974
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.
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References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3079691/buddypressnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3657384e-025a-44ad-8b7e-1a2fea17dcc3nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-members/bp-members-admin.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-members/bp-members-blocks.phpnvdProduct
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