# Better Messages <= 3.0.14 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure of Pending Moderation Messages via 'lazyPool' REST Endpoint

- **ID:** WPSEC-2026-1115
- **Plugin:** Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots (`bp-better-messages`), https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-better-messages/
- **Affected versions:** all versions before 3.1.0
- **Fixed in:** 3.1.0 (Update to 3.1.0 or later.)
- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
- **Weakness:** CWE-862
- **Usage among sites WPSec scans:** plugin Low, affected versions None seen (as of 2026-10-16)
- **Attack surface analysis:** https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/bp-better-messages
- **Fix released:** 2026-10-15
- **Published:** 2026-10-16
- **URL:** https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1115/

## 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/

Source: WPSec, https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1115/

License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Free to use, share and adapt, also commercially, if you credit WPSec and link to this advisory.