CVE-2014-1888
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the BuddyPress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name field to groups/create/step/group-details. NOTE: this can be exploited without authentication by leveraging CVE-2014-1889.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Base score: 4.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.58%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 85
- Score date: 10/14/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-79
References
- http://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2
- http://osvdb.org/103307
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125212/WordPress-Buddypress-1.9.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56950
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531049/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65555
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91175
- http://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2
- http://osvdb.org/103307
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125212/WordPress-Buddypress-1.9.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56950
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531049/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65555
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91175
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