Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-87764

BuddyPress Instant Chat

BuddyPress Instant Chat <= 1.6 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Chat Message

CVSS 3.1
8.8High

Official description

The BuddyPress Instant Chat WordPress plugin through 1.6 does not check that the sender of a chat message belongs to the conversation it is being added to, nor does it escape message content before outputting it back, allowing unauthenticated users to store arbitrary web scripts that will execute in the session of any member who later views that conversation.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.8High 3.1 CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
— BuddyPress Instant Chat v ≤ 1.6 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-10-11
Last updated
2026-10-11
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
WPScan

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.27%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
20%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-79
    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')