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CVE-2024-6843 (GCVE-0-2024-6843)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-19 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-21 14:18
VLAI
Title
SmartSearch WP <= 2.4.4 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Summary
The Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress plugin before 2.4.5 does not sanitise and escape user inputs, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-21 14:15 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9a5cb440-065a-44… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress Affected: 0 , < 2.4.5 (semver)
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webdigit chatbot_with_chatgpt_wordpress Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.4.4 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:webdigit:chatbot_with_chatgpt_wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Karolis Narvilas WPScan
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