Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss <= 2.6.9 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure Through Unprotected Directory

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2024-13611
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published February 28, 2025
Last Updated March 1, 2025
Researcher Tim Coen
Description

The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.9 via the 'bp-better-messages' directory. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data stored insecurely in the /wp-content/uploads/bp-better-messages directory which can contain file attachments included in chat messages.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug bp-better-messages (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.9
Patched Version
  • 2.7.0
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