Vulnerability CVE-2014-1888
Published: 2014-02-28   Modified: 2014-03-01

Description:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the BuddyPress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name field to groups/create/step/group-details. NOTE: this can be exploited without authentication by leveraging CVE-2014-1889.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
WordPress Buddypress 1.9.1 Cross Site Scripting
Pietro Oliva
14.02.2014

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Buddypress -> Buddypress plugin 
Buddypress -> Buddypress 

 References:
http://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125212/WordPress-Buddypress-1.9.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531049/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65555
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91175
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