CVE-2024-13697

low-risk
Published 2025-03-01

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).

Do I need to act?

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0.27% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 4.8/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Better Messages

Affected Vendors

Wordplus

References (2)

Product https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3243180/bp-better-messages
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b67710d7-976b-4a65-bad...
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low-risk
Severity 15/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal