What is CVE-2024-4892?

CVE-2024-4892 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Buddypress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-06-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-4892?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

XSS in Buddypress

CVE-2024-4892

The BuddyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘display_name’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 12.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible f…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (23.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Buddypress — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-4892?: CVE-2024-4892 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Buddypress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-06-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-4892?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.