CVE-2025-14154

MEDIUM

Better Messages <= 2.10.2 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Guest Display Name

Title source: llm

Description

The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via guest display name in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3420771/bp-better-messages/trunk/inc/guests.php

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d68bbf0d-72e9-4295-a1e1-4abeb36cae1b?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 6.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (2)

wordplus/Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss < 2.10.2

wordplus/Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messages < 2.10.2

Published Dec 17, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026