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CVE-2023-1649: The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.5.1 does not sanitise and escape numerous of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

medium Affects wpbot (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.5.1 does not sanitise and escape numerous of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Package
wpbot (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.5.1
Fixed in
4.5.1
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (38.4th percentile)
Published
2023-05-08
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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