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

2025-02-28 00:00

Tim Coen

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.7.5

Affected PluginBetter Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots

Affected Version<= 2.7.4

CVSS4.8Medium

CVECVE-2024-13697

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Vulnerability Overview

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 locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services. Successful exploitation requires the "Enable link previews" to be enabled (default).

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.7.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)) The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13697 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b67710d7-976b-4a65-bad3-091a97aceb00

CVSS Vector

4.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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