Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Nov 2, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-9896
CVE-2024-9896
Description
The BBP Core – Expand bbPress powered forums with useful features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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Affected products
2- spiderdevs/Forumax – AI Powered Advanced Community Forum Pluginv5Range: 0
Patches
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References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3179353/nvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a329cf0a-8800-470a-9657-452f26112956nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bbp-core/trunk/includes/features/bbpc_attachments/code/front.phpnvdProduct
- wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-core/nvdProductRelease Notes
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