CVE-2023-4254 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.7.8 does not sanitise and escape some 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)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00081.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Quantumcloud	Wpbot

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:wpbot:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54125	The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.7.8 does not sanitise and escape some 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)

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0dfffe48-e60d-4bab-b194-8a63554246c3

History

Mon, 12 May 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Quantumcloud wpbot
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:ai_chatbot::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:wpbot::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products	Quantumcloud ai Chatbot	Quantumcloud wpbot

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-09-04T11:26:56.873Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:18:18.059Z

Reserved: 2023-08-08T19:59:55.907Z

Link: CVE-2023-4254

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:24:03.940Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-04T12:15:10.403

Modified: 2025-05-12T15:09:58.850

Link: CVE-2023-4254

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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