# Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots

> Real-time private messaging, group chat, chat rooms, video and audio calls, AI chat bots and mobile apps for WordPress, BuddyPress and BuddyBoss.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `bp-better-messages`
- Author: wordplus
- Version: 3.2.3
- Active installs: 10,000+
- Last update: 2026-11-11 (2 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.2 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.9.0, PHP 7.4
- Tags: buddypress, chat room, group chat, private message, video chat
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-better-messages/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 2 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-11-11 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.2.1). CVE-2026-124257, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e84d1bb-bc6a-4e58-9012-69e6ab91ed51?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-24 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.1.3). CVE-2026-114179, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5a2e8746-9bd7-47a9-96e3-1aba4502ef1e?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-25 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via 'group_id' Message Meta Parameter (up to 3.0.4). CVE-2026-93899, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/553a9a16-97e0-4443-9d4b-dd901b86141b?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-25 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via User Display Name (up to 3.0.4). CVE-2026-94376, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f4f5a268-7e7f-4dbe-823a-a17ac0f52928?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-19 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Information Exposure Spoofing via 'X-Real-IP' Header via /guests/register (up to 2.15.33). CVE-2026-89093, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/df28ecd7-d463-48b7-95e6-8adc9f34d6bd?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-19 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Custom+) Chat-Room Transcript Disclosure via '/thread/<id>' REST Endpoint (up to 2.15.33). CVE-2026-89334, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b3243fe4-9d11-49f0-884b-0162cd776993?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-16 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'icn' Parameter (up to 2.15.22). CVE-2026-18555, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e24a672b-0ba4-4061-971d-255a61aed60b?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-03 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.15.27). CVE-2026-84812, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22a798d7-03e6-4083-9af2-235238b09fc9?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-18 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.15.22). CVE-2026-32547, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b7034792-4e5e-4745-a873-3c4ef854a65e?source=api-prod
- 2026-07-28 HIGH: Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal via 'file' Parameter (up to 2.15.19). CVE-2026-16585, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e9274957-7584-4df6-bb2a-d745510f5033?source=api-prod
- 2026-05-27 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference (up to 2.14.16). CVE-2026-42736, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be23d61f-1e7f-40fb-88ca-dd0ed226a7c5?source=api-prod
- 2026-04-30 MEDIUM: Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter (up to 2.6.7). WF-d694491c-c0f5-4418-805a-db792ea4f712-9, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d694491c-c0f5-4418-805a-db792ea4f712?source=api-prod
- 2025-12-16 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.10.2). CVE-2025-14154, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d68bbf0d-72e9-4295-a1e1-4abeb36cae1b?source=api-prod
- 2025-02-28 HIGH: Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure Through Unprotected Directory (up to 2.6.9). CVE-2024-13611, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/997918b9-2ccd-413e-9df2-d24bc3820ba1?source=api-prod
- 2025-02-28 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Limited Server-Side Request Forgery in nice_links (up to 2.7.4). CVE-2024-13697, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b67710d7-976b-4a65-bad3-091a97aceb00?source=api-prod
- 2025-01-31 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (up to 2.6.9). CVE-2024-13612, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/169a857f-1ae0-40f6-8a34-10c573af59c5?source=api-prod
- 2024-04-22 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 2.4.32). CVE-2024-32802, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1e6327b0-a047-4f8c-8e95-88f2e4b7089f?source=api-prod
- 2023-11-29 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode (up to 2.4.0). CVE-2023-49168, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4ccc7f8-c8e0-457a-b437-2a23530a9df4?source=api-prod
- 2023-07-18 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get (1.9.10.72 to 2.1.17). WF-5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e-96, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e?source=api-prod
- 2022-11-09 MEDIUM: Authorization Bypass to Blocking Control Bypass (up to 1.9.10.68). CVE-2022-40216, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e7f310e-1e10-44dd-9928-23e63af21fef?source=api-prod
- 2022-10-21 HIGH: Server-Side Request Forgery (up to 1.9.10.68). CVE-2022-41609, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70f2965a-37fe-4b7e-890a-9bf73b5de1c7?source=api-prod
- 2022-08-22 HIGH: Resource Exhaustion (up to 1.9.10.57). CVE-2022-33142, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/68fee8cb-476d-4962-b830-59fd823329ac?source=api-prod
- 2022-03-04 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization Checks (before 1.9.9.170). WF-39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42-51, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42?source=api-prod
- 2022-01-18 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 1.9.9.148). CVE-2022-36389, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a3e34ec7-eeb2-4966-bac3-c7d4723355d7?source=api-prod
- 2022-01-18 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 1.9.9.148). CVE-2022-29454, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f67ce101-3b4f-45be-9aed-d9055cc09fd3?source=api-prod
- 2021-10-04 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.9.9.41). CVE-2021-24808, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c322841a-4134-4c21-8028-0ccacd46335b?source=api-prod
- 2021-10-04 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery (before 1.9.9.41). CVE-2021-24809, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eb89a16c-fae0-4d36-85aa-79beab753cba?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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