CVE-2023-3175 — The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4

The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.6.1 does not adequately escape some settings, allowing high-privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

01What is this vulnerability?

The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.6.1 does not adequately escape some settings, allowing high-privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	AI ChatBot	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-07-10T12:40:53.443Z
• Last modified: 2024-11-08T18:22:22.402Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7643980b-eaa2-45d1-bd9d-9afae0943f43