Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Chaty Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-1450

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, Wechat, Email, Sms, Call Button, WhatSAPp – Chaty
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 February 2025

Summary

The Chaty plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'data-hover' parameter. Authenticated users with Contributor-level access and above can exploit this flaw to inject arbitrary scripts into web pages. Once injected, these scripts will execute each time a user accesses the affected page, leading to potential security risks such as data theft or session hijacking.

Affected Version(s)

Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button, WhatsApp – Chaty * <= 3.3.5

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chaty/tags/3.3...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chaty/tags/3.3...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Craig Smith
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