wordplus Better Messages Plugin up to 2.7.4 on WordPress server-side request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in wordplus Better Messages Plugin up to 2.7.4 on WordPress. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-13697. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in wordplus Better Messages Plugin up to 2.7.4 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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).

The weakness was released by Tim Coen. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-13697 since 01/24/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/26/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Server-side request forgery
CWE: CWE-918
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

01/24/2025 🔍
03/01/2025 +36 days 🔍
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05/26/2025 +86 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: Tim Coen
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-13697 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-13697
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-298076

Entryinfo

Created: 03/01/2025 10:03
Updated: 05/26/2025 04:32
Changes: 03/01/2025 10:03 (64), 05/26/2025 04:32 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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