# CVE-2023-5606: Cross-site scripting in AI ChatBot

> Administrators can inject scripts via FAQ Builder in specific WordPress configurations, leading to script execution for other users.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 5 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v9r3-fx8h-qcmg

## What is CVE-2023-5606?

CVE-2023-5606 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in quantumcloud AI ChatBot, published on 2 Nov 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The ChatBot for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the FAQ Builder in versions 4.8.6 through 4.9.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled. NOTE: This vulnerability is a re-introduction of CVE-2023-4253.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5606?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Quantumcloud Wpbot.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5606?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5606 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5606 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5606 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in quantumcloud 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-2023-5606 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5606 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in quantumcloud AI ChatBot, published on 2 Nov 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5606 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: quantumcloud 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-2023-5606/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5606/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5606
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5606
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5606

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5606/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.