THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2023-5204
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2023-5204

Wpbot vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
6.9%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the $strid parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.8.9 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Affected vendor
Quantumcloud
Affected product
Wpbot
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2023-10-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-5204

  • Confirm whether Quantumcloud Wpbot is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-5204.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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