{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-49168 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-49168 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-49168 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPlus Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss, published on 14 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-49168 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-49168 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPlus Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss, published on 14 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-49168 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: WordPlus Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49168/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49168/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-49168","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49168/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-49168","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-f98r-82g6-vmwv"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress chat plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Stored XSS in Better Messages plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"better_messages","vendor":"wordplus"}],"cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WordPlus Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss: from n/a through 2.4.0.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress BP Better Messages Plugin \u003c= 2.4.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-49168","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"WordPress Ads by datafeedr.com Plugin \u003c= 1.2.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-49169"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress Database for CF7 plugin \u003c= 1.2.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-49167"},"products":["Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss"],"published":"2023-12-14","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"BP Better Messages \u003c 1.9.9.41 - Multiple CSRF","id":"CVE-2021-24809","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-11-01"},{"cvss_score":7.7,"headline":"WordPress Better Messages plugin \u003c= 1.9.10.57 - Denial Of Service (DoS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-33142","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-08-23"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Information disclosure in Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging \u0026 Private Messages","id":"CVE-2024-13611","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-03-01"},{"cvss_score":6.4,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging \u0026 Private Messages","id":"CVE-2024-13612","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-02-01"},{"cvss_score":6.4,"headline":"WordPress Better Messages plugin \u003c= 1.9.10.68 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-41609","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-11-18"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"BP Better Messages \u003c 1.9.9.41 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2021-24808","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-11-01"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-28","vendors":["WordPlus"]},"summary":"Stored XSS in Better Messages plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49168/"}