Description
The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘user_name’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 12.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Published: 2024-05-09
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-32540 The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘user_name’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 12.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Buddypress
Buddypress buddypress
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Buddypress
Buddypress buddypress

Subscriptions

Buddypress Buddypress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:46:08.156Z

Reserved: 2024-04-19T01:15:06.191Z

Link: CVE-2024-3974

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:26:57.263Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-05-14T15:42:39.123

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:21:38.303

Link: CVE-2024-3974

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses