WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
BuddyPress Instant Chat <= 1.6 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Chat Message
Description
The plugin does not check that the sender of a chat message belongs to the conversation it is being added to, nor does it escape message content before outputting it back, allowing unauthenticated users to store arbitrary web scripts that will execute in the session of any member who later views that conversation.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
No known fix References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Pablo González Pérez, Francisco José Ramírez Vicente, and Iñigo Sánchez Enciso
Submitter
Pablo González Pérez, Francisco José Ramírez Vicente, and Iñigo Sánchez Enciso
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-10-09 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-09 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-09 (about 1 day ago)
