PT-2013-5292 · Buddypress · Buddypress Extended Friendship Request

Published 2013-07-29 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2013-4944

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BuddyPress Extended Friendship Request plugin versions prior to 1.0.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the friendship request message parameter to the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" API endpoint when the "Friend Connections" component is enabled.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.2, update to version 1.0.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the "Friend Connections" component until the update is applied. Avoid using the friendship request message parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-4944

Affected Products

Buddypress Extended Friendship Request

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4944 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/54048 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-extended-friendship-request/changelog · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4944 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85416 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/94807 · Note