CVE-2026-89093
Better Messages <= 2.15.33 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure Spoofing via 'X-Real-IP' Header via /guests/register
The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure by Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.33. This is due to the is_ai_bot_user() function identifying privileged internal AI bot accounts by performing a prefix check for 'ai-chat-bot-' against a guest record's stored IP address, which is populated verbatim from the client-controlled X-Real-IP request header during unauthenticated guest registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a guest identity that the plugin treats as its own internal AI bot, bypassing the per-room role allowlist, draft-status check, and join filters — which are all short-circuited by the bot check in user_can_join() and user_can_read() — to join administrator-restricted chat rooms, post messages into them, and read the private message history of other users.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.3
Better Messages <= 2.15.33 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure Spoofing via 'X-Real-IP' Header via /guests/register
The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure by Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.33. This is due to the is_ai_bot_user() function identifying privileged internal AI bot accounts by performing a prefix check for 'ai-chat-bot-' against a guest record's stored IP address, which is populated verbatim from the client-controlled X-Real-IP request header during unauthenticated guest registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a guest identity that the plugin treats as its own internal AI bot, bypassing the per-room role allowlist, draft-status check, and join filters — which are all short-circuited by the bot check in user_can_join() and user_can_read() — to join administrator-restricted chat rooms, post messages into them, and read the private message history of other users.
- Record
CVE-2026-89093- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-83478
5.3
The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure by Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.33. This is due to the is_ai_bot_user() function identifying privileged internal AI bot accounts by performing a prefix check for 'ai-chat-bot-' against a guest record's stored IP address, which is populated verbatim from the client-controlled X-Real-IP request header during unauthenticated guest registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a guest identity that the plugin treats as its own internal AI bot, bypassing the per-room role allowlist, draft-status check, and join filters — which are all short-circuited by the bot check in user_can_join() and user_can_read() — to join administrator-restricted chat rooms, post messages into them, and read the private message history of other users.
- Record
EUVD-2026-83478- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-53vp-fjc5-cqj6
5.3
The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for...
The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure by Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.33. This is due to the is_ai_bot_user() function identifying privileged internal AI bot accounts by performing a prefix check for 'ai-chat-bot-' against a guest record's stored IP address, which is populated verbatim from the client-controlled X-Real-IP request header during unauthenticated guest registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a guest identity that the plugin treats as its own internal AI bot, bypassing the per-room role allowlist, draft-status check, and join filters — which are all short-circuited by the bot check in user_can_join() and user_can_read() — to join administrator-restricted chat rooms, post messages into them, and read the private message history of other users.
- Record
GHSA-53vp-fjc5-cqj6- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.3
The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure by Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.33. This is due to the is_ai_bot_user() function identifying privileged internal AI bot accounts by performing a prefix check for 'ai-chat-bot-' against a guest record's stored IP address, which is populated verbatim from the client-controlled X-Real-IP request header during unauthenticated guest registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a guest identity that the plugin treats as its own internal AI bot, bypassing the per-room role allowlist, draft-status check, and join filters — which are all short-circuited by the bot check in user_can_join() and user_can_read() — to join administrator-restricted chat rooms, post messages into them, and read the private message history of other users.
- Record
CVE-2026-89093- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-89093 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Wordplus Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & Ai Chat Bots, published September 19, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/df28ecd7-d463-48b7-95e6-8adc9f34d6bd?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/tags/2.15.33/inc/functions.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/tags/2.15.33/inc/chats.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-better-messages/tags/2.15.33/inc/guests.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=bp-better-messages%2Ftags%2F2.15.33%2Finc%2Ffunctions.php&new_path=bp-better-messages%2Ftags%2F3.0.0%2Finc%2Ffunctions.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89093
github.com/advisories/GHSA-53vp-fjc5-cqj6