CVE-2023-5606
The ChatBot for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the FAQ Builder in versions 4.8.6 through 4.9.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The ChatBot for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the FAQ Builder in versions 4.8.6 through 4.9.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled. NOTE: This vulnerability is a re-introduction of CVE-2023-4253.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- quantumcloud/wpbot
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2987335%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2986133%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fc305c48-8337-42b7-ad61-61aea8018def?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2987335%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2986133%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fc305c48-8337-42b7-ad61-61aea8018def?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.