VULNERABILITY

WordPress Plugin: bp-better-messages: CVE-2024-13697: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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WordPress Plugin: bp-better-messages: CVE-2024-13697: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/28/2025
Created
05/16/2025
Added
05/15/2025
Modified
05/15/2025

Description

The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.4 via the 'nice_links'. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services. Successful exploitation requires the "Enable link previews" to be enabled (default).

Solution(s)

  • bp-better-messages-plugin-cve-2024-13697

References

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