PT-2014-4345 · WordPress · Buddypress

Published 2014-02-28 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2014-1888

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BuddyPress plugin versions prior to 1.9.2

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name field to the "groups/create/step/group-details" endpoint. This can be exploited without authentication by leveraging another vulnerability.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.9.2, update to version 1.9.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "groups/create/step/group-details" endpoint until the update is applied. Avoid using the name field in this endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-1888

Affected Products

Buddypress

References · 9

• http://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1888 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56950 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/103307 · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125212/WordPress-Buddypress-1.9.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/531049/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/65555 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1888 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91175 · Note