WordPress security changelog
LOW CVE-2013-4944 Modified

Buddypress Extended Friendship Request: Cross-site scripting

Buddypress Extended Friendship Request is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.

CVE / CNA score 2.6 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 2.6 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Buddypress Extended Friendship Request
Plugin slug
buddypress-extended-friendship-request
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jul 29, 2013
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Jul 29, 2013 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Buddypress Extended Friendship Request to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the BuddyPress Extended Friendship Request plugin before 1.0.2 for WordPress, when the "Friend Connections" component is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the friendship_request_message parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources