CVE-2014-1888
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2014-1888 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-03-01 00:01:09 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS: 0.003690000 probability, percentile 0.593440000 (date 2026-06-12)
Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.5.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.5.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.5.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.6.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.7.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.7.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | 1.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Buddypress | Buddypress | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | - | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Advisory SA56950 - WordPress BuddyPress Plugin Script Insertion and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Wordpress Buddypress Plugin 'name' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| WordPress Buddypress 1.9.1 Cross Site Scripting ≈ Packet Storm | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | packetstormsecurity.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| BuddyPress 1.9.2 · BuddyPress.org | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | buddypress.org | Vendor Advisory |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| osvdb.org/103307 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.