PT-2023-31909 · WordPress · Chatbot

Marco Wotschka · Published 2023-10-18 · Updated 2026-02-16 · CVE-2023-5204

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ChatBot plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 4.8.9

Description The issue is related to SQL Injection via the strid parameter due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This allows unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries, which can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Recommendations For ChatBot plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 4.8.9, update to a version higher than 4.8.9 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the strid parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5204

Affected Products

Chatbot

References · 12

• 🔥 https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2023-5204 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175371/WordPress-AI-ChatBot-4.8.9-SQL-Injection-Traversal-File-Deletion.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/trunk/qcld-wpwbot-search.php?rev=2957286#L177 · Exploit
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2977505%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2967435%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5204 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5204 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1714882301774192807 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/pdnuclei_bot/status/2023215794273058969 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/akaclandestine/status/1760400737354301873 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1714955611245339132 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/64965 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5ad12146-200b-48e5-82de-7572541edcc4?source=cve · Note