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CVE-2024-13611: Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss <= 2.6.9 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure Through Unprotected Directory

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.9 via the 'bp-better-messages' directory. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data stored insecurely in the /wp-content/uploads/bp-better-messages directory which can contain file attachments included in chat messages.

Affected products

• wordplus Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messages: before 2.7.0 — fixed in 2.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wordplus Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messages 2.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/trunk/addons/files.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3228957/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/997918b9-2ccd-413e-9df2-d24bc3820ba1?source=cve

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