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CVE-2024-13402: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The BuddyBoss Platform plugin for WordPress (versions <= 2.7.70) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-13402. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher mikemyers and was publicly disclosed on February 26, 2025. This security issue affects authenticated users with Subscriber or higher privileges (Wordfence Intel).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium severity), indicating a moderate level of risk. The vulnerability is characterized by the following CVSS metrics: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, suggesting that it requires network access, low attack complexity, and low privileges to exploit (Wordfence Intel).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated users with Subscriber or higher privileges to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, potentially compromising the security of the WordPress installation and affecting other users who access the affected content (Red Hat Portal).

Mitigation and workarounds

BuddyBoss has addressed this vulnerability in version 2.8.00, released on February 18, 2025. Users are strongly advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (BuddyBoss Release).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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