Better Messages <= 3.0.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via 'group_id' Message Meta Parameter
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via 'group_id' Message Meta Parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Exploitation requires the BuddyBoss Platform plugin to be installed with its Social Groups component disabled, a state that persists on any site that has previously toggled the Groups component off since BuddyBoss does not drop the wp_bp_groups table upon deactivation.
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93899
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7jgm-vpwg-fj48
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/553a9a16-97e0-4443-9d4b-dd901b86141b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/tags/3.0.3/addons/buddyboss.php#L635
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/tags/3.0.3/inc/rest-api.php#L1073
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/tags/3.0.3/inc/functions.php#L3323
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/tags/3.0.3/addons/buddyboss.php#L626
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=bp-better-messages%2Ftags%2F3.0.3%2Faddons%2Fbuddyboss.php&new_path=bp-better-messages%2Ftags%2F3.0.5%2Faddons%2Fbuddyboss.php
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93899 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93899 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7jgm-vpwg-fj48 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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