Vulnerability · Published Mar 1, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-13697Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss <= 2.7.4 - Unauthenticated Limited Server-Side Request Forgery in nice_links
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity server-side request forgery in Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messages from wordplus. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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).
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wordplus | Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messages | 0 – through 2.7.4 |
Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N