Better Messages <= 1.9.10.57 — Resource Exhaustion
CVE-2022-33142Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.9.10.57Update to 1.9.10.58 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.7
- CVSS
- 7.7CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:NIntegrity- None
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots bp-better-messages
- Affected≤ 1.9.10.57
- Patched in1.9.10.58
Update to 1.9.10.58 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.9.10.57. Version 1.9.10.58 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.9.10.58, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Dhakal Ananda.
The Better Messages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Resource Exhaustion in versions up to, and including, 1.9.10.57 due to not limiting the size of individual messages. This allows attackers, with subscriber-level access or higher, to exhaust resources on the target server potentially resulting in Denial of Service.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤3.2.1Update to 3.2.2 | CVE-2026-124257 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤3.1.3Update to 3.1.4 | CVE-2026-114179 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via User Display Name ≤3.0.4Update to 3.0.5 | CVE-2026-94376 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via 'group_id' Message Meta Parameter ≤3.0.4Update to 3.0.5 | CVE-2026-93899 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Information Exposure Spoofing via 'X-Real-IP' Header via /guests/register ≤2.15.33Update to 3.0.0 | CVE-2026-89093 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤3.2.1Update to 3.2.2
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤3.1.3Update to 3.1.4
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via User Display Name
≤3.0.4Update to 3.0.5
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via 'group_id' Message Meta Parameter
≤3.0.4Update to 3.0.5
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure Spoofing via 'X-Real-IP' Header via /guests/register
≤2.15.33Update to 3.0.0
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.7
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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