CVE-2023-1651

ChatBot < 4.4.9 - Subscriber+ OpenAI Settings Update to Stored XSS

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

NVD
Wordfence

The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.4.9 does not have authorisation and CSRF in the AJAX action responsible to update the OpenAI settings, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update them. Furthermore, due to the lack of escaping of the settings, this could also lead to Stored XSS

The ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘openai_settings_option_callback’ function in versions up to, and including, 4.4.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

*Credits: Erwan LR (WPScan), WPScan

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-03-27 CVE Reserved
2023-04-12 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-02 First Exploit
2024-11-28 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c88b22ba-4fc2-49ad-a457-224157521bad	2024-08-02

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Quantumcloud Search vendor "Quantumcloud"		Ai Chatbot Search vendor "Quantumcloud" for product "Ai Chatbot"				< 4.4.9 Search vendor "Quantumcloud" for product "Ai Chatbot" and version " < 4.4.9"		wordpress		Affected