Cross-site scripting in Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network &…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's youzify_media shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| youzify | Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress | up to 1.3.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress Vendoryouzify Affected up to 1.3.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-8987
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-27vg-qjpq-w479
References
Other 4
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youzify/tags/1.3.0/includes/public/core/functions/general/youzify-profile-functions.php#L910
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/youzify/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3166404%40youzify&new=3166404%40youzify&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3166404%40youzify%2Ftrunk&old=3125439%40youzify%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More Youzify vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-00055 Youzify < 1.2.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-01809 Youzify < 1.2.0 - Unauthenticated SQLi CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-04415 SQL injection in Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network &… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-24998 WordPress Youzify plugin <= 1.2.5 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-26559 WordPress Youzify plugin <= 1.2.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-02674 WordPress Youzify - Buddypress Moderation plugin <= 1.2.5 - Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-8987 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-8987 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-27vg-qjpq-w479 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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