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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2024-13612 EUVD-2024-51692GHSA-582h-7xj3-j2rp

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss <= 2.6.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Published Feb 1, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
wordplus Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messages ≤ 2.6.9 —

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