Chatbot < 4.7.8 - Admin+ Stored XSS in FAQ Builder
Priority MEDIUM 55Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.7.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00485 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed AI ChatBot (Unknown): 4.7.8
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | AI ChatBot | before 4.7.8 | 4.7.8 | Patch available | CNA |
- AI ChatBot VendorUnknown Affected before 4.7.8 Fixed in 4.7.8 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:wpbot:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 4.7.8 | Vulnerable | quantumcloud |
- cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:wpbot:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 4.7.8 Vulnerable ·quantumcloud
Remediation
- Fix · CNA AI ChatBot (Unknown) Fixed in 4.7.8
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
AI ChatBot 4.7.8
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-03940 Chatbot < 4.7.8 - Admin+ Stored XSS in Language SettingsPriority MEDIUM 55
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-4253
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mf7x-4m4x-g6pw
References
More quantumcloud Wpbot vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-01552 ChatBot < 4.4.7 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-01558 ChatBot < 4.4.9 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-00958 ChatBot < 4.4.5 - Stored XSS via CSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-01553 ChatBot < 4.4.9 - Subscriber+ OpenAI Settings Update to Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2025-00264 AI ChatBot for WordPress – WPBot < 6.2.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2023-03940 Chatbot < 4.7.8 - Admin+ Stored XSS in Language Settings CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-4253 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-4253 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mf7x-4m4x-g6pw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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