# CVE-2023-1651: ChatBot < 4.4.9 - Subscriber+ OpenAI Settings Update to Stored XSS

> Authenticated users can inject malicious scripts into OpenAI settings, leading to stored XSS and unauthorized configuration changes.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 May 2023
- **Updated:** 5 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3fx8-h7hv-rjf7

## What is CVE-2023-1651?

CVE-2023-1651 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown AI ChatBot, published on 8 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.4.9 does not have authorisation and CSRF in the AJAX action responsible to update the OpenAI settings, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update them. Furthermore, due to the lack of escaping of the settings, this could also lead to Stored XSS

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1651?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Quantumcloud Wpbot.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1651?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1651 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1651 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1651 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown AI ChatBot

- [CVE-2023-5204](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5204/): AI ChatBot <= 4.8.9 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via qc_wpbo_search_response (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-1650](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1650/): ChatBot < 4.4.7 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-5212](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5212/): Path traversal in WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-5241](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5241/): Path traversal in WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-22309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22309/): WordPress ChatBot Plugin <= 5.1.0 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1651 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1651 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown AI ChatBot, published on 8 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1651 exists.

Affected product: Unknown AI ChatBot. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1651/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1651/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1651
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1651
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1651

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1651/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.