CVE-2025-14154 Cross-site scripting in Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messages
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via guest display names, leading to script execution when users view affected pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14154?
CVE-2025-14154 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wordplus Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messages, published on 17 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14154?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14154?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14154 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-2025-14154 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14154 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rgp6-cxmf-64cw.