# CVE-2023-47759: WordPress Chaty plugin <= 3.1.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser via DOM-based XSS in the Chaty plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 22 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 29 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r55f-v7qm-xxpg

## What is CVE-2023-47759?

CVE-2023-47759 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Premio Chaty, published on 22 Nov 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Premio Chaty chaty allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Chaty: from n/a through <= 3.1.2.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47759?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Premio Chaty.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-47759?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-47759 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-47759 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47759 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Premio Chaty

- [CVE-2022-3858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3858/): Chaty < 3.0.3 - Admin+ SQLi (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-25019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25019/): WordPress Chaty Plugin <= 3.0.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-25016](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25016/): Chaty < 2.8.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-3245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3245/): Floating Chat Widget < 3.1.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2021-36846](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36846/): WordPress Chaty plugin <= 2.8.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-47759 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-47759 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Premio Chaty, published on 22 Nov 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-2023-47759 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Premio Chaty. 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-2023-47759/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47759/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47759
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47759
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-47759

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47759/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.