VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-1020
The Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox WordPress plugin through 1.4.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 4.99%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox WordPress plugin through 1.4.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.99% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- wp live chat shoutbox project/wp live chat shoutbox
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4e5aa9a3-65a0-47d6-bc26-a2fb6cb073ffExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4e5aa9a3-65a0-47d6-bc26-a2fb6cb073ffExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.