The AI BotKit – AI Chatbot & Live Support for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' parameter in the `ai_botkit_widget` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00037.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
wisdmlabs AI BotKit – AI Chatbot & Live Support for WordPress (No-Code) unaffected
Version Status Constraints
* affected ≤ 1.1.7

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References
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-botkit-for-lead-generation/tags/1.1.7/includes/public/class-shortcode-handler.php#L42 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-botkit-for-lead-generation/trunk/includes/public/class-shortcode-handler.php#L42 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5659af1d-f248-46ff-b282-ef5397222d8d?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wisdmlabs
Wisdmlabs ai Botkit
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wisdmlabs
Wisdmlabs ai Botkit
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Description The AI BotKit – AI Chatbot & Live Support for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' parameter in the `ai_botkit_widget` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Title AI BotKit <= 1.1.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-07T15:03:11.981Z

Reserved: 2025-12-02T14:44:09.201Z

Link: CVE-2025-13887

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-07T15:03:00.969Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-07T12:16:50.737

Modified: 2026-01-08T18:08:54.147

Link: CVE-2025-13887

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Updated: 2026-01-08T09:49:39Z

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