CVE-2014-1888

medium

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91175

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65555

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531049/100/0/threaded

http://secunia.com/advisories/56950

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125212/WordPress-Buddypress-1.9.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

http://osvdb.org/103307

http://buddypress.org/2014/02/buddypress-1-9-2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-03-01

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.003