CVE-2023-5606

MEDIUM EPSS 23.7%
Published Nov 2, 20232y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
4.8 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Nov 2, 2023 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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 Details

Base Score
4.8
Exploitability
1.7
Impact
2.7
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
23.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
quantumcloudwpbot*≥4.8.6  –  <4.9.7

References 2

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2987335%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2986133%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    Patch
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fc305c48-8337-42b7-ad61-61aea8018def?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2987335%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2986133%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    Patch