Vulnerabilities / Better Messages / WPSEC-2026-1115
Better Messages <= 3.0.14 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure of Pending Moderation Messages via 'lazyPool' REST Endpoint
Medium 4.3
CWE-862Fixed in 3.1.0
- ID
- WPSEC-2026-1115
- Plugin
- Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots (bp-better-messages)
- Affected
- all versions before 3.1.0
- Remediation
- Update to 3.1.0 or later.
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Usage
- Plugin Low · Affected versions None seen among sites WPSec scans, 2026-10-16
- Attack surface
- Better Messages on WPSec AttackSurface
- Fix released
- Published
Description
The Better Messages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure via the better-messages/v1/lazyPool REST endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.14, due to a missing check of whether a requested message is still held for pre-moderation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or above who take part in a conversation to read messages that other members sent before a moderator approved them.
References
- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1115/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bp-better-messages/tags/3.1.0/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-better-messages/
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