CVE-2023-1660 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.4.9 does not have authorisation and CSRF in a function hooked to init, allowing unauthenticated users to update some settings, leading to Stored XSS due to the lack of escaping when outputting them in the admin dashboard

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00312.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Quantumcloud Subscribe	Wpbot Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:wpbot:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-23889	The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.4.9 does not have authorisation and CSRF in a function hooked to init, allowing unauthenticated users to update some settings, leading to Stored XSS due to the lack of escaping when outputting them in the admin dashboard

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1a5cbcfc-fa55-433a-a76b-3881b6c4bea2

History

Tue, 13 May 2025 00:30:00 +0900

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Quantumcloud wpbot
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:ai_chatbot::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:wpbot::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products	Quantumcloud ai Chatbot	Quantumcloud wpbot

Tue, 06 May 2025 01:15:00 +0900

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-05-08T13:58:05.324Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T16:06:29.204Z

Reserved: 2023-03-27T14:29:14.721Z

Link: CVE-2023-1660

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:57:24.765Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-08T14:15:13.173

Modified: 2025-05-12T15:09:58.850

Link: CVE-2023-1660

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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