SQL Injection Vulnerability in ChatBot Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-5204

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Quantumcloud
Status
Ai Chatbot
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 October 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The ChatBot plugin for WordPress contains a security flaw that allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit the $strid parameter, leading to SQL Injection attacks. Due to insufficient validation on user-provided inputs and a lack of proper preparation within the SQL queries, attackers can inject malicious SQL statements. This vulnerability can enable malicious actors to retrieve sensitive data from the database, thereby compromising the security of WordPress sites that utilize this plugin. It is crucial for users to assess their usage of this plugin and update to the latest version to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

AI ChatBot * <= 4.8.9

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
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