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Bp Better Messages Vulnerabilities

37 known security issues reported for the Bp Better Messages WordPress plugin. Most recent disclosed Aug 18, 2026.

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Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots <= 2.15.22 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.22. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to injec...

CVSS:
7.2
Affected:
up to 2.15.22
Fixed in:
2.15.23
Disclosed:
Aug 18, 2026

CVE-2026-32547 on NVD →

Better Messages <= 2.15.19 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal via 'file' Parameter

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The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_sticker function in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.19. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with admi...

CVSS:
7.2
Affected:
up to 2.15.19
Fixed in:
2.15.20
Disclosed:
Jul 27, 2026

CVE-2026-16585 on NVD →

Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots <= 2.14.16 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference

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The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.14.16 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauth...

CVSS:
5.3
Affected:
up to 2.14.16
Fixed in:
2.15.0
Disclosed:
May 27, 2026

CVE-2026-42736 on NVD →

Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter

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Multiple plugins and/or themes for WordPress are vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the url parameter in various versions due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can succe...

CVSS:
6.1
Affected:
up to 2.6.7
Fixed in:
2.7.0
Disclosed:
Apr 30, 2026

CVE-2024-13362 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 2.10.3

unknown

[en] The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via guest display name in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for...

Affected:
up to 2.10.3
Fixed in:
2.10.3
Disclosed:
Dec 17, 2025

CVE-2025-14154 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss <= 2.10.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via guest display name in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unaut...

CVSS:
6.1
Affected:
up to 2.10.2
Fixed in:
2.10.3
Disclosed:
Dec 16, 2025

CVE-2025-14154 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 2.7.5 (closed)

unknown

[en] 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 lo...

Affected:
up to 2.7.5
Fixed in:
2.7.5
Disclosed:
Mar 1, 2025

CVE-2024-13697 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 2.7.0 (closed)

unknown

[en] The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.9 via the 'bp-better-messages' directory. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sens...

Affected:
up to 2.7.0
Fixed in:
2.7.0
Disclosed:
Mar 1, 2025

CVE-2024-13611 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss <= 2.6.9 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure Through Unprotected Directory

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The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.9 via the 'bp-better-messages' directory. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive...

CVSS:
7.5
Affected:
up to 2.6.9
Fixed in:
2.7.0
Disclosed:
Feb 28, 2025

CVE-2024-13611 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss <= 2.7.4 - Unauthenticated Limited Server-Side Request Forgery in nice_links

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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 locatio...

CVSS:
4.8
Affected:
up to 2.7.4
Fixed in:
2.7.5
Disclosed:
Feb 28, 2025

CVE-2024-13697 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 2.7.0 (closed)

unknown

[en] The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'better_messages_live_chat_button' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output...

Affected:
up to 2.7.0
Fixed in:
2.7.0
Disclosed:
Feb 1, 2025

CVE-2024-13612 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss <= 2.6.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'better_messages_live_chat_button' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output esca...

CVSS:
6.4
Affected:
up to 2.6.9
Fixed in:
2.7.0
Disclosed:
Jan 31, 2025

CVE-2024-13612 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 1.9.9.170 (closed)

unknown

[en] The Freemius SDK, as used by hundreds of WordPress plugin and theme developers, was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery and Information disclosure due to missing capability checks and nonce protection on the _get_debug_log, _get_db_option, and the _set_db_option functions in versions up to, and including 2.4....

Affected:
up to 1.9.9.170
Fixed in:
1.9.9.170
Disclosed:
Oct 16, 2024

CVE-2022-4974 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 2.4.33 (closed)

unknown

[en] Missing Authorization vulnerability in WordPlus BP Better Messages allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects BP Better Messages: from n/a through 2.4.32.

Affected:
up to 2.4.33
Fixed in:
2.4.33
Disclosed:
May 17, 2024

CVE-2024-32802 on NVD →

BP Better Messages <= 2.4.32 - Missing Authorization

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The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to missing authorization in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.32. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying if a user should have access to a chatoom. This makes it possible for u...

CVSS:
5.3
Affected:
up to 2.4.32
Fixed in:
2.4.33
Disclosed:
Apr 22, 2024

CVE-2024-32802 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 2.4.1 (closed)

unknown

[en] Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WordPlus Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Membe...

Affected:
up to 2.4.1
Fixed in:
2.4.1
Disclosed:
Dec 14, 2023

CVE-2023-49168 on NVD →

BP Better Messages <= 2.4.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode

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The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes...

CVSS:
6.4
Affected:
up to 2.4.0
Fixed in:
2.4.1
Disclosed:
Nov 29, 2023

CVE-2023-49168 on NVD →

Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get

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The Freemius SDK for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘fs_request_get’ function in versions up to, and including, 2.5.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute...

CVSS:
6.1
Affected:
1.9.10.72 – 2.1.17
Fixed in:
2.1.18
Disclosed:
Jul 18, 2023

CVE-2023-33999 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 1.9.10.69 (closed)

unknown

[en] Auth. (subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Better Messages plugin 1.9.10.68 on WordPress.

Affected:
up to 1.9.10.69
Fixed in:
1.9.10.69
Disclosed:
Nov 18, 2022

CVE-2022-41609 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 1.9.10.71 (closed)

unknown

[en] Auth. (subscriber+) Messaging Block Bypass vulnerability in Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.10.69 on WordPress.

Affected:
up to 1.9.10.71
Fixed in:
1.9.10.71
Disclosed:
Nov 18, 2022

CVE-2022-40216 on NVD →

Better Messages <= 1.9.10.68 - Authorization Bypass to Blocking Control Bypass

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The Better Messages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authorization Bypass resulting in a block bypass on messaging controls in versions up to, and including, 1.9.10.68. This is due to insufficient or broken controls in the plugin. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to bypass messaging blocks.

CVSS:
5.4
Affected:
up to 1.9.10.68
Fixed in:
1.9.10.69
Disclosed:
Nov 9, 2022

CVE-2022-40216 on NVD →

Better Messages <= 1.9.10.68 - Server-Side Request Forgery

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The Better Messages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to 1.9.10.68. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level privileges or higher, to interact with internal network hosts via specially crafted requests and can lead to sensitive information...

CVSS:
7.4
Affected:
up to 1.9.10.68
Fixed in:
1.9.10.69
Disclosed:
Oct 21, 2022

CVE-2022-41609 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 1.9.10.58 (closed)

unknown

[en] Authenticated (subscriber+) Denial Of Service (DoS) vulnerability in WordPlus WordPress Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.10.57 at WordPress.

Affected:
up to 1.9.10.58
Fixed in:
1.9.10.58
Disclosed:
Aug 23, 2022

CVE-2022-33142 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 1.9.9.149 (closed)

unknown

[en] Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPlus Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.9.148 at WordPress.

Affected:
up to 1.9.9.149
Fixed in:
1.9.9.149
Disclosed:
Aug 23, 2022

CVE-2022-36389 on NVD →

Better Messages <= 1.9.10.57 - Resource Exhaustion

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The Better Messages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Resource Exhaustion in versions up to, and including, 1.9.10.57 due to not limiting the size of individual messages. This allows attackers, with subscriber-level access or higher, to exhaust resources on the target server potentially resulting in Denial of Servi...

CVSS:
7.7
Affected:
up to 1.9.10.57
Fixed in:
1.9.10.58
Disclosed:
Aug 22, 2022

CVE-2022-33142 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 1.9.9.149 (closed)

unknown

[en] Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPlus Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.9.148 at WordPress allows attackers to upload files. File attachment to messages must be activated.

Affected:
up to 1.9.9.149
Fixed in:
1.9.9.149
Disclosed:
Jul 20, 2022

CVE-2022-29454 on NVD →

Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks

medium

The Freemius SDK, as used by hundreds of WordPress plugin and theme developers, was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery and Information disclosure due to missing capability checks and nonce protection on the _get_debug_log, _get_db_option, and the _set_db_option functions in versions up to, and including 2.4.2. An...

CVSS:
6.3
Affected:
up to 1.9.9.170
Fixed in:
1.9.9.170
Disclosed:
Mar 4, 2022

CVE-2022-4974 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 1.9.9.170 (closed)

unknown

The Freemius SDK, as used by hundreds of WordPress plugin and theme developers, was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery and Information disclosure due to missing capability checks and nonce protection on the _get_debug_log, _get_db_option, and the _set_db_option functions in versions up to, and including 2.4.2. An...

Affected:
up to 1.9.9.170
Fixed in:
1.9.9.170
Disclosed:
Mar 4, 2022

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 1.9.9.170 (closed)

unknown

Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability discovered in WordPress BP Better Messages plugin (versions < 1.9.9.170).

Affected:
up to 1.9.9.170
Fixed in:
1.9.9.170
Disclosed:
Feb 28, 2022

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 1.9.9.170 (closed)

unknown

Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability discovered in WordPress BP Better Messages plugin (versions < 1.9.9.170).

Affected:
up to 1.9.9.170
Fixed in:
1.9.9.170
Disclosed:
Feb 28, 2022

Better Messages <= 1.9.9.148 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

high

The Better Messages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.9.9.148. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the bp_messages_favorite action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger this action granted they can trick a...

CVSS:
8.8
Affected:
up to 1.9.9.148
Fixed in:
1.9.9.149
Disclosed:
Jan 18, 2022

CVE-2022-36389 on NVD →

Better Messages <= 1.9.9.148 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

high

The Better Messages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 19.9.148. This is due to missing nonce validation on the favorite() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to favorite messages via a forged request granted they can trick a sit...

CVSS:
8.8
Affected:
up to 1.9.9.148
Fixed in:
1.9.9.149
Disclosed:
Jan 18, 2022

CVE-2022-29454 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 1.9.9.170 (closed)

unknown

[en] The BP Better Messages WordPress plugin before 1.9.9.41 sanitise (with sanitize_text_field) but does not escape the 'subject' parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affected:
up to 1.9.9.170
Fixed in:
1.9.9.170
Disclosed:
Nov 1, 2021

CVE-2021-24808 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 1.9.9.170 (closed)

unknown

[en] The BP Better Messages WordPress plugin before 1.9.9.41 does not check for CSRF in multiple of its AJAX actions: bp_better_messages_leave_chat, bp_better_messages_join_chat, bp_messages_leave_thread, bp_messages_mute_thread, bp_messages_unmute_thread, bp_better_messages_add_user_to_thread, bp_better_messages_exclu...

Affected:
up to 1.9.9.170
Fixed in:
1.9.9.170
Disclosed:
Nov 1, 2021

CVE-2021-24809 on NVD →

BP Better Messages <= 1.9.9.37 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

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The BP Better Messages WordPress plugin before 1.9.9.41 does not check for CSRF in multiple of its AJAX actions: bp_better_messages_leave_chat, bp_better_messages_join_chat, bp_messages_leave_thread, bp_messages_mute_thread, bp_messages_unmute_thread, bp_better_messages_add_user_to_thread, bp_better_messages_exclude_us...

CVSS:
8.8
Affected:
up to 1.9.9.41
Fixed in:
1.9.9.41
Disclosed:
Oct 4, 2021

CVE-2021-24809 on NVD →

BP Better Messages <= 1.9.9.37 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

medium

The BP Better Messages WordPress plugin before 1.9.9.41 sanitise (with sanitize_text_field) but does not escape the 'subject' parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

CVSS:
6.1
Affected:
up to 1.9.9.41
Fixed in:
1.9.9.41
Disclosed:
Oct 4, 2021

CVE-2021-24808 on NVD →

Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss [bp-better-messages] < 2.1.21 (closed)

unknown

** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

Affected:
up to 2.1.21
Fixed in:
2.1.21

CVE-2023-33999 on NVD →

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