CVE-2024-3974

BuddyPress <= 12.4.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Published May 9, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-32540 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Buddypress
Buddypress buddypress
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Buddypress
Buddypress buddypress
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Apr 8, 2026, 4:46 PM
Reserved
Apr 19, 2024, 1:15 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 14, 2024, 3:42 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:45 AM