{"id":"CVE-2026-96554","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-96554"],"related":[],"title":"BuddyBoss Platform WordPress plugin: group name enables stored script injection","description":"The BuddyBoss Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Group Name in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires the \"Enable social group creation by all members\" setting to be enabled, which is the default and permits Subscriber-level users to create groups; exploitation is not possible if group creation is restricted to administrators.","summary":"The BuddyBoss Platform plugin for WordPress does not sanitize group names, so a logged-in subscriber can store a script in a group name. That script runs in the browser of any user who opens a page showing the group.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.4,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["buddyboss","package","self-hosted","wordpress"],"not_affected_if":["group-creation-restricted-to-admins","newer-than-3.6.0"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed BuddyBoss Platform version in the WordPress plugins list; it is affected up to and including `3.6.0`.\n- In WordPress admin, check whether the setting \"Enable social group creation by all members\" is turned on.","fix":null,"status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-31T10:16:38+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-31T10:34:56+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-31T10:35:57+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-31T10:35:57+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.8,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-31T10:35:57Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"internet","title":"BuddyBoss Platform WordPress plugin: group name enables stored script injection","impact":"medium","summary":"The BuddyBoss Platform plugin for WordPress does not sanitize group names, so a logged-in subscriber can store a script in a group name. 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