CVE-2023-1651: ChatBot < 4.4.9 - Subscriber+ OpenAI Settings Update to Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-05-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.4.9 does not have authorisation and CSRF in the AJAX action responsible to update the OpenAI settings, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update them. Furthermore, due to the lack of escaping of the settings, this could also lead to Stored XSS

Affected products

quantumcloud WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services: before 4.4.9 — fixed in 4.4.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: quantumcloud WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services 4.4.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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