CVE-2024-9207: BuddyPress Docs <= 2.2.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-10-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The BuddyPress Docs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of remove_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

boonebgorges BuddyPress Docs: through 2.2.3

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress-docs/tags/2.2.3/includes/addon-history.php#L368
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress-docs/tags/2.2.3/includes/templatetags.php#L282
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3162780/#file32
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3162780/#file4
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b2181c89-4f40-45b9-8c12-448ca263a2f2?source=cve

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