CVE-2024-3974 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the BuddyPress plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 12.4.0. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or higher to inject malicious web scripts through the 'user_name' parameter due to insufficient input sanitization. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 12.4.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.