# CVE-2023-2580: AI-Engine < 1.6.83 - Admin+ Stored XSS

> High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts into AI Engine plugin settings, leading to stored XSS in multisite environments.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g2r6-mg39-w7jm

## What is CVE-2023-2580?

CVE-2023-2580 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot, Content Generator, GPT 3 & 4, Ultra-Customizable, published on 27 Jun 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 1.6.83 does not sanitize 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).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2580?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Meowapps Ai Engine.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2580?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2580 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2580 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2580 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot, Content Generator, GPT 3 & 4, Ultra-Customizable

- [CVE-2023-51409](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51409/): WordPress AI Engine plugin <= 1.9.98 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-34440](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34440/): WordPress AI Engine plugin <= 2.2.63 - Auth. Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-29100](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29100/): WordPress AI Engine plugin <= 2.1.4 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-5071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5071/): AI Engine 2.8.0 - 2.8.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insufficient Authorization to Privilege Escalation via MCP (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-6238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6238/): AI Engine 2.8.4 - Insecure OAuth Implementation (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2580 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2580 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot, Content Generator, GPT 3 & 4, Ultra-Customizable, published on 27 Jun 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2580 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot, Content Generator, GPT 3 & 4, Ultra-Customizable. 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-2023-2580/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2580/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2580
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2580
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2580

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.