Administrator-level stored XSS via unescaped chatbot settings
Published Jun 19, 2023 · Updated Dec 11, 2024
Stored XSS in QuantumCloud WPBot before 4.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through chatbot settings. The Language Settings page stores the Welcome to Help Section, Type and Hit Enter, and clear chat history fields without sanitizing or escaping their output. Administrator privileges and either WordPress multisite or disabled unfiltered_html are required; the injected script runs when administrators configure the chatbot or clients use it.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in QuantumCloud WPBot before 4.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through chatbot settings. The Language Settings page stores the Welcome to Help Section, Type and Hit Enter, and clear chat history fields without sanitizing or escaping their output. Administrator privileges and either WordPress multisite or disabled unfiltered_html are required; the injected script runs when administrators configure the chatbot or clients use it.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-2811
- Published
- Jun 19, 2023
- Updated
- Dec 11, 2024
- Vendor
- QuantumCloud
- Product
- WPBot
- Classifications
- CWE-79
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 19, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 11, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
Present is not the same as exploitable
Compare your product and version with the public record. A matching version still requires validation against your environment.
Is a vulnerable build present?
Compare these published version ranges with your installed build and any vendor patches.
- Affected versionversion=0 <4.5.6
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan Language Settings stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
Labels summarize the accepted research assessment. They do not indicate a test against your environment.
Technologies
Your stack
See the directory against your own environment.
Your stack
Check the software in your environment
Book a demo to see how Hinoki identifies affected software and validates exploitability in your environment.
Book a demo