Medium severity · published Dec 17, 2025
CVE-2025-14154
Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss <= 2.10.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
6.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BM
Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messages · wordplus
through 2.10.2 · source: vendor
Affected product
BM
Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat Rooms, Real-Time Messaging & Private Messages
wordplus
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14154
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14154
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3420771/bp-better-messages/trunk/inc/guests.php
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d68bbf0d-72e9-4295-a1e1-4abeb36cae1b?source=cve
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