BuddyPress 2.3.3 Patches Security Vulnerabilities in BuddyPress Messages Component

BuddyPress Featured ImageBuddyPress 2.3.3 is available and users are encouraged to update as soon as possible. A few security vulnerabilities were discovered in BuddyPress Messages, a core component that allows users to send and receive private messages.

A vulnerability was responsibly disclosed to the BuddyPress team that could allow members to manipulate a failed private outbound message and inject unexpected output to the browser. The vulnerability was reported by Krzysztof Katowicz-Kowalewski.

In addition to the first vulnerability, the BuddyPress core development team independently discovered and fixed related vulnerabilities with the messages component that could allow for carefully crafted private message content to be rendered incorrectly to the browser.

BuddyPress 2.3.3 also fixes a couple of bugs in the 2.3 codebase and improves support for backend changes made in WordPress 4.3. To protect your sites from these vulnerabilities, you should perform a full backup and update BuddyPress as soon as possible.

SHARE THIS:


LIKE THIS

5 Comments

5 responses to “BuddyPress 2.3.3 Patches Security Vulnerabilities in BuddyPress Messages Component”


You may also like

Newsletter

Subscribe Via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

[jetpack_subscription_form subscribe_placeholder=”Email Address” show_subscribers_total=”false” button_on_newline=”false” submit_button_text=”Submit” custom_font_size=”20px” custom_border_radius=”0″ custom_border_weight=”1″ custom_border_color=”#d8d8d8″ custom_button_width=”30%” custom_padding=”15″ custom_spacing=”10″ submit_button_classes=”has-20-px-font-size has-d-8-d-8-d-8-border-color” email_field_classes=”has-20-px-font-size has-d-8-d-8-d-8-border-color” show_only_email_and_button=”true”]