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A vulnerability was found in BuddyPress BuddyPress plugin up to 1.6.3. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the BuddyPress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name field to groups/create/step/group-details. NOTE: this can be exploited without authentication by leveraging CVE-2014-1889.
The weakness was released 02/28/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-1888 since 02/07/2014. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.
The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12847 (WordPress BuddyPress Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities).
Upgrading to version 1.6.4 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (91175). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 115949.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1
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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: BuddyPress plugin 1.6.4
Timeline
02/07/2014 🔍02/13/2014 🔍
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02/19/2014 🔍
02/28/2014 🔍
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03/24/2014 🔍
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02/03/2022 🔍
Sources
Advisory: 125212⛔Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-1888 (🔍)
X-Force: 91175
Vulnerability Center: 43728 - WordPress BuddyPress <1.9.2 Plugin Remote XSS Vulnerability via Name Field in group-details, Medium
SecurityFocus: 65555 - Wordpress Buddypress Plugin 'name' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 56950 - WordPress BuddyPress Plugin Script Insertion and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 103307
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Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 15:54Updated: 02/03/2022 08:19
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (60), 05/24/2017 09:15 (7), 02/03/2022 08:19 (3)
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