CVE-2023-5606

ChatBot 4.8.6 - 4.9.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting in FAQ Builder

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
4.4
CVSS Score
4.4
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
4.9.7
Patched in
83d
Time to patch

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 Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Low
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions>=4.8.6 <=4.9.6
PublishedNovember 1, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginchatbot

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