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CVE-2024-13612

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-13612 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to and including 2.6.9. This flaw stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes within the 'better_messages_live_chat_button' shortcode. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited by authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher over a network, requiring user interaction to execute arbitrary web scripts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordplus:better_messages:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/bp-better-messages/trunk/inc/shortcodes.php
Product
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/bp-better-messages/trunk/inc/shortcodes.php
Product
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/bp-better-messages/trunk/inc/shortcodes.php
Product
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/3228965
Patch
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/169a857f-1ae0-40f6-8a34-10c573af59c5
Third Party Advisory