BuddybossWordPress extension
CVE-2023-32671
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA stored XSS vulnerability has been found on BuddyBoss Platform affecting version 2.2.9. This vulnerability allows an attacker to store a malicious javascript payload via POST request when sending an invitation.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA stored XSS vulnerability exists in BuddyBoss Platform version 2.2.9 where the invitation system fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input in POST requests, allowing attackers to embed malicious JavaScript that executes when other users view the stored invitation.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
BuddybossWordPress extension
= 2.2.9CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed BuddyBoss Platform versionAccess WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins > BuddyBoss Platform, or check the version in the plugin's main PHP file headerAffected if Version displayed is exactly 2.2.9
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Verify invitation system is enabledCheck WordPress admin > BuddyBoss > Settings > Invitations (or similar path) to confirm the invitation functionality is activeAffected if Invitations feature is turned on in plugin settings
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Inspect stored invitation recordsQuery the WordPress database for invitations table (typically wp_bp_invitations or similar) to review stored invitation records for unsanitized contentAffected if Database contains invitation records with HTML or script tags in name/email fields that were not properly escaped
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Review HTTP POST requests to invitation endpointUse browser developer tools or proxy to capture a POST request when submitting a new invitation, examine the request body for any injection attemptsAffected if POST data to invitation handler contains unescaped special characters like <, >, or script tags
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Test invitation display outputAs a different user, navigate to view pending invitations and inspect the page source for the invitation dataAffected if Invitation data renders with raw HTML/script tags visible in the page source without encoding
User is affected if BuddyBoss Platform version is exactly 2.2.9 AND the invitation system feature is enabled, as this combination allows the stored XSS to trigger when invitations are viewed.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper input validation and output encoding/escaping on all user-supplied data in the invitation functionality to prevent script execution.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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