Cross-site scripting in wordplus Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- 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 Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via guest display name in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wordplus | Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messages | up to 2.10.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messages Vendorwordplus Affected up to 2.10.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14154
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rgp6-cxmf-64cw
References
More wordplus vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-12652 Information disclosure in wordplus Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-20012 WordPress Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.10.68 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-07091 BP Better Messages < 1.9.9.41 - Multiple CSRF CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-30959 WordPress BP Better Messages plugin <= 2.14.16 - Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-16728 WordPress Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.9.148 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-13837 Path traversal in wordplus Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages &… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2025-14154 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14154 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rgp6-cxmf-64cw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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