Vulnerability · Published May 8, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2023-1649ChatBot < 4.5.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in AI ChatBot from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.5.1 does not sanitise and escape numerous of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	AI ChatBot	0 – before 4.5.1

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ea806115-14ab-4bc4-a272-2141cb14454a exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description