Stored script execution via unescaped channel settings
Published Aug 21, 2023 · Updated May 5, 2025
Stored XSS in Bit Apps Bit Assist before 1.1.9 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through crafted channel settings. Custom Channel links, Custom Iframe URLs, Google Maps embed code, FAQ titles, and Knowledge Base titles are stored without sanitization and rendered without escaping. Administrator-level access is required, and the flaw remains reachable when unfiltered_html is disabled, including WordPress multisite deployments; a visitor must open or click the affected widget content.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Bit Apps Bit Assist before 1.1.9 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through crafted channel settings. Custom Channel links, Custom Iframe URLs, Google Maps embed code, FAQ titles, and Knowledge Base titles are stored without sanitization and rendered without escaping. Administrator-level access is required, and the flaw remains reachable when unfiltered_html is disabled, including WordPress multisite deployments; a visitor must open or click the affected widget content.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-3667
- Published
- Aug 21, 2023
- Updated
- May 5, 2025
- Vendor
- Bit Apps
- Product
- Bit Assist
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 21, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 5, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=0 <1.1.9
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What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan Bit Assist stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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