CVE-2023-4298 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The 123.chat WordPress plugin before 1.3.1 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)

Published: 2023-09-04

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

123.chat

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.3.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:123.chat:123.chat:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54169	The 123.chat WordPress plugin before 1.3.1 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)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00466.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/36285052-8464-4fd6-b4b1-c175e730edad

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

123.chat 123.chat

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-09-04T11:27:04.835Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:17:34.839Z

Reserved: 2023-08-10T15:58:30.536Z

Link: CVE-2023-4298

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:24:04.783Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-04T12:15:10.693

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:37:31.410

Link: CVE-2023-4298

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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