Name: CVE-2014-1888: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2014-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2014-1888, CWE-79, CVSS 4.1, EPSS 0.00369

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the BuddyPress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name field to groups/create/step/group-details. NOTE: this can be exploited without authentication by leveraging CVE-2014-1889.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.1

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Buddypress Plugin	—	Update buddypress plugin to version 1.9.2, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Aug 1, 2014

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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