What is the vulnerability ID of this vulnerability?

The vulnerability ID of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-5606.

What is the severity level of CVE-2023-5606?

The severity level of CVE-2023-5606 is medium with a severity value of 4.4.

How does the vulnerability affect the ChatBot for WordPress?

The vulnerability affects the ChatBot for WordPress versions 4.8.6 through 4.9.6.

What is the cause of the vulnerability in the ChatBot for WordPress?

The vulnerability is caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the FAQ Builder of the ChatBot for WordPress.

Who can exploit the vulnerability in the ChatBot for WordPress?

The vulnerability can be exploited by authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions and above.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2023-5606

medium

4.8

CWE

EPSS

0.045%

2/11/2023

5/2/2025

CVE-2023-5606: XSS

First published: Thu Nov 02 2023(Updated: )

The ChatBot for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the FAQ Builder in versions 4.8.6 through 4.9.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled. NOTE: This vulnerability is a re-introduction of CVE-2023-4253.

Credit: security@wordfence.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
	>=4.8.6<4.9.7

Remedy

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2987335%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2986133%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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What is the vulnerability ID of this vulnerability?
The vulnerability ID of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-5606.
What is the severity level of CVE-2023-5606?
The severity level of CVE-2023-5606 is medium with a severity value of 4.4.
How does the vulnerability affect the ChatBot for WordPress?
The vulnerability affects the ChatBot for WordPress versions 4.8.6 through 4.9.6.
What is the cause of the vulnerability in the ChatBot for WordPress?
The vulnerability is caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the FAQ Builder of the ChatBot for WordPress.
Who can exploit the vulnerability in the ChatBot for WordPress?
The vulnerability can be exploited by authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions and above.

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