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GHSA-2MVM-8HQH-6R9M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-19 12:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 04:56

Details

The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.5.5 does not sanitize and escape its settings, allowing high-privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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  ],
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  },
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  "modified": "2024-04-04T04:56:49Z",
  "published": "2023-06-19T12:30:22Z",
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    },
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    }
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CVE-2023-2742 (GCVE-0-2023-2742)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-19 10:52 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:20

Title

AI ChatBot < 4.5.5 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Summary

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f689442a-a851-41…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	AI ChatBot	Affected: 0 , < 4.5.5 (custom)

Credits

Hao Huynh WPScan

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-2MVM-8HQH-6R9M

CVE-2023-2742 (GCVE-0-2023-2742)

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