WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

bbp style pack < 6.4.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Author Display Name

Description

The bbp style pack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name (via /wp-admin/profile.php) + bbp_reply_content (via bbPress reply form)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Successful exploitation requires the attacker to wrap their crafted reply in a <pre> block, which prevents WordPress's wpautop/wptexturize processors from converting straight double quotes in the stored display name into typographic curly-quote entities that would otherwise neutralize the attribute-injection.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 6.4.9

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
zickzick2
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-09-30 (about 16 days ago)
Added
2026-09-30 (about 16 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-01 (about 15 days ago)

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