6.1Medium

CVE-2024-9896BBP Core – Expand bbPress powered forums with useful features <= 1.2.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via add_query_arg Parameter

spiderdevs Forumax – AI Powered Advanced Community Forum Plugin Published: (2 years ago)

Description

The BBP Core – Expand bbPress powered forums with useful features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-79

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

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