CVE-2024-13402 BuddyBoss Platform <= 2.7.70 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'link_title'

What is CVE-2024-13402?

CVE-2024-13402 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in BuddyBoss Platform, published on 27 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Buddyboss Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘link_title’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.70 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13402?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Buddyboss Buddyboss Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2024-13402?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13402 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-13402 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13402 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in BuddyBoss Platform

• CVE-2025-1909 BuddyBoss Platform Pro <= 2.7.01 - Authentication Bypass via Apple OAuth provider Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-13858 Cross-site scripting in BuddyBoss Platform Medium 6.4
• CVE-2024-13859 Cross-site scripting in BuddyBoss Platform Medium 6.4
• CVE-2024-13860 BuddyBoss Platform <= 2.8.50 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'bbp_topic_title' Medium 6.4
• CVE-2024-4886 BuddyBoss Platform < 2.6.0 - Subscriber+ Comment on Private Post via IDOR Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-xcgh-pcrh-mfp2.